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FGCU PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
LATEST UPDATE
Medication Administration: Nursing Responsibility
✓ -:- Administering the drug
✓ Assessing drug effects
✓ Intervening to make the drug regimen more tolerable
✓ Providing patient education about drugs and the drug regimen Monitorin g
the overall patient care plan to prevent medication errors
Drug Evaluation: Preclinical Trials
✓ -:- Drugs are tested on laboratory ANIMALS to see if the drug has
effects on living tissue organisms and to assess for adverse effects
Drug Evaluation: Phase I Studies
✓ -:- Chemicals tested on HEALTHY HUMANS volunteers
Informed consent is obtained
Usually male 150lbs
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Women of childbearing age are eliminated
Drug may cause unknown harm to ova
Drug Evaluation: Phase II Studies
✓ -:- Drug trailed on informed PATIENTS WITH THE DISEASE that the
drug is intended to treat
Drug Evaluation: Phase III Studies
✓ -:- Drug used in VAST CLINICAL MARKET
Drug Evaluation: FDA Approval
✓ -:- Drugs that finish phase III trials are evaluated by the FDA; if
approved my be marketed
Drug Evaluation: Phase IV Studies
✓ -:- Continual evaluation of drug
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The DEA has how many schedules of controlled substances?
✓ -:- 5
DEA Schedule I (3 examples)
✓ -:- High abuse potential and NO accepted medical use
Heroin, marijuana, LSD
DEA Schedule II (3 examples)
✓ -:- High abuse potential with severe dependence liability
Narcotics, amphetamines, barbiturates
DEA Schedule III (3 examples)
✓ -:- Less abuse potential than schedule II and moderate dependence
liability
Nonbarbiturate sedatives, nonamphetamine stimulates, limited amounts of certain narcotics
DEA Schedule IV (3 examples)
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✓ -:- Less abuse than schedule III and limited dependence liability
Some sedatives, anti-anxiety agents, nonarcotic analgesics
DEA Schedule V (3 examples)
✓ -:- Limited abuse potential
Small amounts of narcotics (codeine), antitussives, antidiarrheals
Limited quantities may be purchased directly from a pharmacist
Must be 18 w/ suitable identification
All transactions must be recorded
Generic Drugs
✓ -:- Chemicals that are produced by companies involved solely in the
manufacturing of drugs
Bioavailability of the drug may be different than brand name drug
Less expensive than brand name drug
Why would DAW be written on a prescription? Who writes it?
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FGCU PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS |
LATEST UPDATE
Medication Administration: Nursing Responsibility
✓ -:- Administering the drug
✓ Assessing drug effects
✓ Intervening to make the drug regimen more tolerable
✓ Providing patient education about drugs and the drug regimen Monitorin g
the overall patient care plan to prevent medication errors
Drug Evaluation: Preclinical Trials
✓ -:- Drugs are tested on laboratory ANIMALS to see if the drug has
effects on living tissue organisms and to assess for adverse effects
Drug Evaluation: Phase I Studies
✓ -:- Chemicals tested on HEALTHY HUMANS volunteers
Informed consent is obtained
Usually male 150lbs
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Women of childbearing age are eliminated
Drug may cause unknown harm to ova
Drug Evaluation: Phase II Studies
✓ -:- Drug trailed on informed PATIENTS WITH THE DISEASE that the
drug is intended to treat
Drug Evaluation: Phase III Studies
✓ -:- Drug used in VAST CLINICAL MARKET
Drug Evaluation: FDA Approval
✓ -:- Drugs that finish phase III trials are evaluated by the FDA; if
approved my be marketed
Drug Evaluation: Phase IV Studies
✓ -:- Continual evaluation of drug
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The DEA has how many schedules of controlled substances?
✓ -:- 5
DEA Schedule I (3 examples)
✓ -:- High abuse potential and NO accepted medical use
Heroin, marijuana, LSD
DEA Schedule II (3 examples)
✓ -:- High abuse potential with severe dependence liability
Narcotics, amphetamines, barbiturates
DEA Schedule III (3 examples)
✓ -:- Less abuse potential than schedule II and moderate dependence
liability
Nonbarbiturate sedatives, nonamphetamine stimulates, limited amounts of certain narcotics
DEA Schedule IV (3 examples)
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✓ -:- Less abuse than schedule III and limited dependence liability
Some sedatives, anti-anxiety agents, nonarcotic analgesics
DEA Schedule V (3 examples)
✓ -:- Limited abuse potential
Small amounts of narcotics (codeine), antitussives, antidiarrheals
Limited quantities may be purchased directly from a pharmacist
Must be 18 w/ suitable identification
All transactions must be recorded
Generic Drugs
✓ -:- Chemicals that are produced by companies involved solely in the
manufacturing of drugs
Bioavailability of the drug may be different than brand name drug
Less expensive than brand name drug
Why would DAW be written on a prescription? Who writes it?
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