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Galen College
NU150 / NU 150 Pharmacology
EXAM 1-4
(Latest Updates
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Questions and Verified Answers
| 100% Correct | Grade A – Galen
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EXAM 1
QUESTION: What is Pharmacology?
A: The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems.
QUESTION: What are the three different drug names?
A: Generic, Trade, and Chemical.
QUESTION: What is the Pharmacokinetic phase?
A: The activities within the body after a drug is administered, including
absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and half-life.
QUESTION: What is the Pharmacodynamic phase?
A: It describes what the drug does to the body.
QUESTION: What is the half-life of a drug?
A: The time reQuestionuired for the body to eliminate 50% of a drug.
A short half-life reQuestionuires more freQuestionuent doses.
A longer half-life reQuestionuires less freQuestionuent doses.
Caution: Patients with liver or kidney disease may take longer to eliminate
drugs.
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QUESTION: What is the Pharmaceutic phase?
A: The dissolution of the drug.
QUESTION: What is drug action?
A: The process where the drug enters systemic circulation, exposes body tissues
to its effects, and exerts the greatest action at cellular target sites.
QUESTION: What is an agonist?
A: A drug that binds with a receptor to produce a therapeutic response.
QUESTION: What is an antagonist?
A: A drug that blocks another drug by joining with receptors to prevent the
action of an agonist. Example: Narcan blocks the effects of a morphine
overdose.
QUESTION: What are adverse drug reactions?
A: Undesirable drug effects.
QUESTION: What is an anaphylactic shock?
A: A severe allergic reaction reQuestionuiring immediate medical attention.
Nurses should check for allergies, especially before administering antibiotics,
narcotics, and blood products.
QUESTION: What are the signs and symptoms of anaphylactic shock?
A:
QUESTIONuick onset
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Mild itching, rash
Burning skin
Vascular dilation
Generalized edema (especially around face and lips)
Pallor/cyanosis
Dizziness/fainting
Sneezing, tightness in chest, cough
Wheezing
Tachycardia
QUESTION: What is angioedema?
A: A collection of fluid in subcutaneous tissues.
QUESTION: What is drug idiosyncrasy?
A: An unusual or abnormal drug response that differs from the expected
response. Example: Sleeping pills making a person stay awake.
Galen College
NU150 / NU 150 Pharmacology
EXAM 1-4
(Latest Updates
STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Questions and Verified Answers
| 100% Correct | Grade A – Galen
, 2
EXAM 1
QUESTION: What is Pharmacology?
A: The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems.
QUESTION: What are the three different drug names?
A: Generic, Trade, and Chemical.
QUESTION: What is the Pharmacokinetic phase?
A: The activities within the body after a drug is administered, including
absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and half-life.
QUESTION: What is the Pharmacodynamic phase?
A: It describes what the drug does to the body.
QUESTION: What is the half-life of a drug?
A: The time reQuestionuired for the body to eliminate 50% of a drug.
A short half-life reQuestionuires more freQuestionuent doses.
A longer half-life reQuestionuires less freQuestionuent doses.
Caution: Patients with liver or kidney disease may take longer to eliminate
drugs.
, 3
QUESTION: What is the Pharmaceutic phase?
A: The dissolution of the drug.
QUESTION: What is drug action?
A: The process where the drug enters systemic circulation, exposes body tissues
to its effects, and exerts the greatest action at cellular target sites.
QUESTION: What is an agonist?
A: A drug that binds with a receptor to produce a therapeutic response.
QUESTION: What is an antagonist?
A: A drug that blocks another drug by joining with receptors to prevent the
action of an agonist. Example: Narcan blocks the effects of a morphine
overdose.
QUESTION: What are adverse drug reactions?
A: Undesirable drug effects.
QUESTION: What is an anaphylactic shock?
A: A severe allergic reaction reQuestionuiring immediate medical attention.
Nurses should check for allergies, especially before administering antibiotics,
narcotics, and blood products.
QUESTION: What are the signs and symptoms of anaphylactic shock?
A:
QUESTIONuick onset
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Mild itching, rash
Burning skin
Vascular dilation
Generalized edema (especially around face and lips)
Pallor/cyanosis
Dizziness/fainting
Sneezing, tightness in chest, cough
Wheezing
Tachycardia
QUESTION: What is angioedema?
A: A collection of fluid in subcutaneous tissues.
QUESTION: What is drug idiosyncrasy?
A: An unusual or abnormal drug response that differs from the expected
response. Example: Sleeping pills making a person stay awake.
