NUR 3145 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
What are the types of drug categories? - ✔✔1. Prescription (well controlled, high risk);
2. OTC (self prescribed); herbals (can be dangerous-drug interaction)
What are the types of drug names? - ✔✔Chemical (chemists and manufacturers);
generic (short and simple); brand name (assigned by drug manufacturer)
What is the initial therapy with most illnesses? - ✔✔60-95% consists of self-care, self-
medication with OTC drug
Difference between USP and FDA. - ✔✔U.S Pharmacopenia: develop manufacturing
std. (purity, strength, labeling, package); FDA: enforce std. set by USP - both work
together w US Congress and Supreme Court to protect public
What is the primary objective of therapeutic drug therapy? - ✔✔Maximum
benefit/minimum harm
What determines the intensity of the drug response? - ✔✔Administration,
pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, sources of individual variation
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, What are the 6 rights? - ✔✔1. Right drug; 2. patient; 3. dose; 4. route; 5. time; 6.
documentation (right to diagnosis and right to refuse)
What are 4 types of drug orders? - ✔✔1. Standing 2. PRN (as-needed); 3. single dose; 4.
STAT (immediate)
What are common routes of drugs into the body? (11) - ✔✔Oral/enteral(cheap/easy;
takes longer); intravenous (fast/can't take back); intramuscular(avoids gut);
subcutaneous; topical; transdermal(patches); inhaled; rectal; ocular; aural; vaginal
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Assessment - ✔✔Collect baseline data (history,
lifestyle, age, preexisting conditions, current drugs); ID high risk patients (pregnant,
children, elderly, immunosuppressed); assessment of patient's capacity for self care
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Analysis and Diagnosis - ✔✔Judge appropriateness of
prescribed regimen; ID potential health problems the drug can cause; determine
patient's capacity for self-care
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Planning - ✔✔Define goals, set priorities, ID
interventions; establish criteria for evaluation
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Implementation - ✔✔Drug administration, patient
education, interventions to promote therapeutic effects, interventions to minimize
adverse effects
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ANSWERS 100% PASS
What are the types of drug categories? - ✔✔1. Prescription (well controlled, high risk);
2. OTC (self prescribed); herbals (can be dangerous-drug interaction)
What are the types of drug names? - ✔✔Chemical (chemists and manufacturers);
generic (short and simple); brand name (assigned by drug manufacturer)
What is the initial therapy with most illnesses? - ✔✔60-95% consists of self-care, self-
medication with OTC drug
Difference between USP and FDA. - ✔✔U.S Pharmacopenia: develop manufacturing
std. (purity, strength, labeling, package); FDA: enforce std. set by USP - both work
together w US Congress and Supreme Court to protect public
What is the primary objective of therapeutic drug therapy? - ✔✔Maximum
benefit/minimum harm
What determines the intensity of the drug response? - ✔✔Administration,
pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, sources of individual variation
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, What are the 6 rights? - ✔✔1. Right drug; 2. patient; 3. dose; 4. route; 5. time; 6.
documentation (right to diagnosis and right to refuse)
What are 4 types of drug orders? - ✔✔1. Standing 2. PRN (as-needed); 3. single dose; 4.
STAT (immediate)
What are common routes of drugs into the body? (11) - ✔✔Oral/enteral(cheap/easy;
takes longer); intravenous (fast/can't take back); intramuscular(avoids gut);
subcutaneous; topical; transdermal(patches); inhaled; rectal; ocular; aural; vaginal
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Assessment - ✔✔Collect baseline data (history,
lifestyle, age, preexisting conditions, current drugs); ID high risk patients (pregnant,
children, elderly, immunosuppressed); assessment of patient's capacity for self care
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Analysis and Diagnosis - ✔✔Judge appropriateness of
prescribed regimen; ID potential health problems the drug can cause; determine
patient's capacity for self-care
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Planning - ✔✔Define goals, set priorities, ID
interventions; establish criteria for evaluation
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Implementation - ✔✔Drug administration, patient
education, interventions to promote therapeutic effects, interventions to minimize
adverse effects
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