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NUR100/ NUR 100 Exam 1: (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Pharmacology Guide | Qs and As| 100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers)– Fortis QUESTION Agonist Answer: Drug binds to the receptor; there is a response. QUESTION Partial Agonist Answer: Drug binds to the receptor; the response is diminished compared with that elicited by an agonist. QUESTION Antagonist Answer: Drug binds to receptor; there is no response, drug prevents binding of agonists. QUESTION Competitive Antagonist Answer: Drug competes with the agonist for binding to the receptor. If it binds, there is no response. QUESTION Noncompetitive Antagonist Answer: Drug combines with different parts of the receptor and inactivates it; agonist then has no effect. QUESTION Affinity Answer: The degree to which a drug attaches to and binds with a receptor. QUESTION Pharmacotherapeutics Answer: Treatment of pathologic conditions through the use of drugs. QUESTION Acute Therapy Answer: Involves more intensive drug treatments and is implemented in the acutely ill or the critically ill. QUESTION Maintenance Therapy Answer: Does not eradicate preexisting problems, but will prevent progression of a disease or condition. QUESTION Supplemental Therapy Answer: Supplies the body with a substance needed to maintain normal function. QUESTION Palliative Therapy Answer: Make the patient as comfortable as possible; focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness. QUESTION Quality of Life Answer: Goal is to improve quality of life for both patient and family QUESTION Supportive Therapy Answer: Maintains the integrity of body functions while the patient is recovering from illness or trauma QUESTION Prophylactic Therapy Answer: Drug therapy provided to prevent illness or other undesirable outcome during planned events QUESTION Empiric Therapy

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NUR100/l NURl 100l Examl 1:l (Latestl
2025/l 2026l Update)l Pharmacologyl Guidel
|l Qsl andl As|l 100%l Correct|l Gradel Al
(Verifiedl Answers)–l Fortis
QUESTION
Agonist

Answer:
Drugl bindsl tol thel receptor;l therel isl al response.




QUESTION
Partiall Agonist

Answer:
Drugl bindsl tol thel receptor;l thel responsel isl diminishedl comparedl withl thatl elicitedl byl
anl agonist.




QUESTION
Antagonist

Answer:
Drugl bindsl tol receptor;l therel isl nol response,l drugl preventsl bindingl ofl agonists.




QUESTION
Competitivel Antagonist

Answer:
Drugl competesl withl thel agonistl forl bindingl tol thel receptor.l Ifl itl binds,l therel isl nol
response.

,QUESTION
Noncompetitivel Antagonist

Answer:
Drugl combinesl withl differentl partsl ofl thel receptorl andl inactivatesl it;l agonistl thenl hasl
nol effect.




QUESTION
Affinity

Answer:
Thel degreel tol whichl al drugl attachesl tol andl bindsl withl al receptor.




QUESTION
Pharmacotherapeutics

Answer:
Treatmentl ofl pathologicl conditionsl throughl thel usel ofl drugs.




QUESTION
Acutel Therapy

Answer:
Involvesl morel intensivel drugl treatmentsl andl isl implementedl inl thel acutelyl illl orl thel
criticallyl ill.




QUESTION
Maintenancel Therapy

Answer:
Doesl notl eradicatel preexistingl problems,l butl willl preventl progressionl ofl al diseasel orl
condition.

, QUESTION
Supplementall Therapy

Answer:
Suppliesl thel bodyl withl al substancel neededl tol maintainl normall function.




QUESTION
Palliativel Therapy

Answer:
Makel thel patientl asl comfortablel asl possible;l focusesl onl providingl patientsl withl reliefl
froml thel symptoms,l pain,l andl stressl ofl al seriousl illness.




QUESTION
Qualityl ofl Life

Answer:
Goall isl tol improvel qualityl ofl lifel forl bothl patientl andl family




QUESTION
Supportivel Therapy

Answer:
Maintainsl thel integrityl ofl bodyl functionsl whilel thel patientl isl recoveringl froml illnessl orl
trauma




QUESTION
Prophylacticl Therapy

Answer:

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