NURS 251 Module # 1 questions &
answers graded A+ updated
A patient recently started taking a new medication; he mentions to his doctor at his next
appointment that he has noticed his mouth is extremely dry since starting the medication to the
point where he is not able to eat. He has tried managing it with lozenges and increased liquids
and nothing seems to work. What drug effect best describes the dry mouth this patient is
experiencing? - correct answer ✔✔adverse effect
TRUE/FALSE: Discontinuing drug therapy is always the best course of action whenever a patient
experiences a harmful - correct answer ✔✔false
TRUE/FALSE: The site within a cell that the drug binds to in order to exert its therapeutic effect
is known as: - correct answer ✔✔True
TRUE/FALSE: When a drug binds to a cell exerting its effect leading to a decrease in that cell's
physiologic response that drug is acting as an agonist. - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
Matching the following:
1.Duration of Action - Length of time the drug produces its effect
2.Onset of Action - Time from administration to first effect
3.Therapeutic Range - Drug concentration is above MEC and below MTC - correct answer
✔✔1.Duration of Action - Length of time the drug produces its effect
2. Onset of Action - Time from administration to first effect 3.Therapeutic Range - Drug
concentration is above MEC and below MTC
TRUE/FALSE: All drugs have both a trade name and a generic name - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
, TRUE/FALSE: There can be multiple generic names for the same chemical compound. - correct
answer ✔✔FALSE
Select the dosage form that is best described as a flattened tablet that dissolves in the mouth:
Tablet
Capsule
Troche
Suppository - correct answer ✔✔Troche
TRUE/FALSE: Tablets that are coated with an acid-resistant substance to prevent dissolution in
the stomach are called delayed release. - correct answer ✔✔False
TRUE/FALSE: Suppositories are designed to melt at body temperature. - correct answer
✔✔TRUE
The two most common routes of administration are oral and parenteral. Which of the following
is a true statement? - correct answer ✔✔In general, the onset of action with parenterally
administered drugs is fairly immediate.
The study of how various dosage forms influence the way in which drugs affect the body
describe the term__ - correct answer ✔✔pharmaceutics
TRUE/FALSE: Pharmacokinetics can also be thought of as what the body does to a drug. - correct
answer ✔✔TRUE
How many components make up the pharmacokinetic phase of drug activity?
List the four components of the pharmacokinetic phase of drug activity. - correct answer ✔✔4
answers graded A+ updated
A patient recently started taking a new medication; he mentions to his doctor at his next
appointment that he has noticed his mouth is extremely dry since starting the medication to the
point where he is not able to eat. He has tried managing it with lozenges and increased liquids
and nothing seems to work. What drug effect best describes the dry mouth this patient is
experiencing? - correct answer ✔✔adverse effect
TRUE/FALSE: Discontinuing drug therapy is always the best course of action whenever a patient
experiences a harmful - correct answer ✔✔false
TRUE/FALSE: The site within a cell that the drug binds to in order to exert its therapeutic effect
is known as: - correct answer ✔✔True
TRUE/FALSE: When a drug binds to a cell exerting its effect leading to a decrease in that cell's
physiologic response that drug is acting as an agonist. - correct answer ✔✔FALSE
Matching the following:
1.Duration of Action - Length of time the drug produces its effect
2.Onset of Action - Time from administration to first effect
3.Therapeutic Range - Drug concentration is above MEC and below MTC - correct answer
✔✔1.Duration of Action - Length of time the drug produces its effect
2. Onset of Action - Time from administration to first effect 3.Therapeutic Range - Drug
concentration is above MEC and below MTC
TRUE/FALSE: All drugs have both a trade name and a generic name - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
, TRUE/FALSE: There can be multiple generic names for the same chemical compound. - correct
answer ✔✔FALSE
Select the dosage form that is best described as a flattened tablet that dissolves in the mouth:
Tablet
Capsule
Troche
Suppository - correct answer ✔✔Troche
TRUE/FALSE: Tablets that are coated with an acid-resistant substance to prevent dissolution in
the stomach are called delayed release. - correct answer ✔✔False
TRUE/FALSE: Suppositories are designed to melt at body temperature. - correct answer
✔✔TRUE
The two most common routes of administration are oral and parenteral. Which of the following
is a true statement? - correct answer ✔✔In general, the onset of action with parenterally
administered drugs is fairly immediate.
The study of how various dosage forms influence the way in which drugs affect the body
describe the term__ - correct answer ✔✔pharmaceutics
TRUE/FALSE: Pharmacokinetics can also be thought of as what the body does to a drug. - correct
answer ✔✔TRUE
How many components make up the pharmacokinetic phase of drug activity?
List the four components of the pharmacokinetic phase of drug activity. - correct answer ✔✔4
