NURS 288 Week 8- Pharmacology Questions with Complete Solutions

Pharmacology Correct Answer--the science of drugs -the study of drugs and their interactions with the body -means knowledge/study of poison A Drug Correct Answer--any chemical that has an influence on the physiological processes of a living organism -any exogenous non-nutritive substance that influences bodily function -cannot make the body do something that wasn't part of its original function Pharmacodynamics Correct Answer--the mechanism of drug action and the relationships between drug concentration and the body's response -what the drug does to the body Pharmacokinetics Correct Answer--the study of what the body does to the drug -4 processes 4 processes of pharmacokinetics Correct Answer-absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion concept of pharmacodynamics Correct Answer--the action of drugs in living tissue -concerned with alterations of