Test Bank for Understanding Pharmacology Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition by M. Linda Workman & LaCharity, All Chapters Covered

TEST BANK FOR UNDERSTANDING
PHARMACOLOGY, ESSENTIALS FOR MEDICATION
SAFETY, 3RD EDITION

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1. Which health care professional has the major responsibility for dispensing prescrib
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ed medical drugs under the direction of a pharmacist?
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a. Physician
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ACCURATE RESPONSE:-D 5s



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>>>The physician and nursing attendant have the major responsibility for prescribing medi
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cal drugs, not dispensing them. The licensed nursing attendant has the primary responsibilit
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y for administering medical drugs, although under some circumstances a licensed nursing at
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tendant may dispense prescribed medical drugs but this is not his or her major responsibility i
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n medical drug therapy. The pharmacy technician has the major responsibility of dispensing
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prescribed medical drugs under the direction of a licensed pharmacist.
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2. Which term describes the effect of a medical drug that improves body function?
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a. Side effect 5s



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c. Adverse reaction 5s



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ACCURATE RESPONSE:-B 5s



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>>>The aim of medical drug therapy is to take a medical drug to prevent, lessen, or correct a
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health problem. This response is any medical drug’s intended action also known as a therap
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3. Which type of medical drug name is “owned” by the company that manufactures it?
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a. Generic name 5s



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>>>The chemical name is a medical drug’s exact chemical composition. The generic name
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is the name assigned to the medical drug by the U.S. Adopted Names Council and is not ow
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ned by anyone. The category name refers to the type of medical drug (what it does or what it
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is used for) and is not an actual medical drug name. The trade name (brand name) is the na
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me provided and owned by a specific medical drug’s manufacturer.
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4. Which medical drug or medical drug class is a “high alert” medical drug?
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a. Penicillin
b Insulin
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c. NSAIDs
d Calcium
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ACCURATE RESPONSE:-B 5s



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>>>A high alert medical drug is one in which harm is likely to result if given at the wrong do
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se, to the wrong hospital client, or not given to the correct hospital client. Medical drugs classi
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fied as high alert medical drugs include potassium, narcotics (opioids), insulin, cancer chemo
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therapy medical drugs, and heparin (or any medical drug that strongly affects blood clotting).
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Penicillin, NSAIDs, and calcium are not considered high alert medical drugs.
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5. What is the term for a medical drug that has the same action as a naturally occ
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urring body hormone or enzyme?5s 5s 5s 5s



a. Agonist
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c. Chemical
d Duplicator
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>>>A medical drug agonist is an extrinsic medical drug that activates the receptor sites of a c
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ell and mimics the actions of naturally occurring body substances (intrinsic medical drugs). A
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blocking agent is a medical drug antagonist. A chemical would not necessarily be a medical d
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rug at all. A duplicator is not a pharmacologic term.
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6. Which term describes how the body affects medical drug activity? 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s 5s



a. Medical drug pote 5s 5s


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>>>The term pharmacokinetics refers to medical drug metabolism and how the body chan
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ges a medical drug. Pharmacodynamics refers to how a medical drug works to change body f
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unction. Medical drug potency refers to how strongly or to what degree a medical drug exert
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s its effects. The therapeutic effect is closer to pharmacodynamics, meaning how a medical
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drug works to change body function.
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7. In the United States, which group is responsible for enforcing established standards
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for medical drug manufacturing?
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>>>The standards for medical drug manufacture are established by the U.S. Pharmacopeia.
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These standards are enforced by the Food and Medical drug Administration. Neither the Na
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tional Institutes of Health nor the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers has any aut
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hority to enforce medical drug standards.
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8. Which factor is a major disadvantage of the transdermal medical drug delivery route?
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a. Only a prescriber can administer medical drugs by the transder
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c. First pass medical drug loss by this route is the most extensive.
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>>>Once a transdermal medical drug moves through the skin, it must enter the bloodstream t
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o reach its target tissue. If circulation is poor to the area where the transdermal medical drug i
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s applied, very little, if any, of the medical drug will reach its target tissue.
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9. How are intrinsic medical drugs different from extrinsic medical drugs?
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