Which phrase defines an orphan drug? - Answers A drug that is used to treat rare illnesses
Which statement explains how schedule III drugs are classified - Answers potential for abuse
Which medication strategy does the nurse anticipate being MOST beneficial for the patient with cancer
who is unable to adhere to the medication regimen as a result of the high cost of the medication? -
Answers Generic drugs
Which ethical principle is the nurse who treats all patients fairly demonstrating? - Answers Justice
Which phase of a clinical trial includes identifying the parameters of a safe therapeutic dose? - Answers
Preclinical testing
What phase of the clinical trial includes the safety assessment and and determines the human dosage
range in healthy participants? - Answers Phase I
Which clinical trial phase determines the safety and efficacy of the drug in patients with disease? -
Answers Phase II
Which clinical trial phase determines the safety and efficacy of the drug in a large patient population
with the disease? - Answers Phase III
Which statement by the nurse indicates a need for further explanation of the use of OTC medications? -
Answers "OTC cold products are safe in children younger than 2 years of age"
Which drug will require increased monitoring by the nurse when caring for a patient with end-stage
cancer because it is classified as a schedule I drug? - Answers Marijuanna
Which phase of a drug study includes the pharmaceutical company voluntarily conducting a
postmarketing study to obtain further proof of the therapeutic effects of a new drug? - Answers Phase
IV
Which Act resulted in response to the thalidomide tragedy? - Answers Kefauver-Harris Amendment to
the 1938 Act, 1962
Which schedule is amphetamine classified as under the Safe Streets and Communities Act in Canada? -
Answers Schedule I
Which Act grants 50% tax credit for clinical trials and exclusive rights to market drugs for 7 years from
the date of approval? - Answers Orphan Drug Act of 1983
Which medically accepted drug category is known to have a low potential to cause dependence -
Answers Schedule IV