Nursing 208 exam 2 Pharmacotherapeutics || Acknowledged
Answers 100%.
Pharmacotherapeutics correct answers Using drugs to treat, care, relieve, prevent, or diagnose
diseases
Pharmacokinetics correct answers How body effects drugs metabolism and action:
Absorption, duration of action and effect, distribution in the body, method of excretion
Pharmacodynamics correct answers How drugs and their actions affect the body at cellular level
Drugs can have four different names correct answers Chemical
Generic
Official
Brand, trade, or proprietary
Chemical name correct answers Describes its chemical make up, describes atomic or molecular
makeup
Generic name correct answers Given by the developer, often same as chemical name, before a
job becomes officially an approved medication, IDs active ingredient
Official name correct answers Name listed in the US pharmacopeia (USP)
We can see if they have gone through all the processes if they are listed in this manual
Sometimes the same as generic name
Brand, trade, or proprietary name correct answers Name under which the other manufacturers
market the drug; short and easy to remember; when the manufacture has ownership of this name,
once it runs out other manufactures can also use this name
, Absorption correct answers Passage of medication into the blood from site of administration
Factors influencing absorption correct answers Route of administration
Ability to dissolve
Blood flow to area of absorption
Body surface area
Lipid solubility of a medication
G.I. hypermotility
Drug molecule size
Route of administration correct answers Drugs may have more than one
Different areas absorb differently
Ability to dissolve correct answers Form
Drugs acidity or alkalinity
Blood flow to area of absorption correct answers Large amount of blood vessels absorbs quickly
Few blood vessels like in fatty tissue absorbs slower
Body surface area correct answers Faster in contact with large surface areas
Drug in contact with body tissues
Intestines large surface area
Lipid solubility of a medication correct answers High fat, or lipid
Not in vascular compartment long
Food plays a role
Answers 100%.
Pharmacotherapeutics correct answers Using drugs to treat, care, relieve, prevent, or diagnose
diseases
Pharmacokinetics correct answers How body effects drugs metabolism and action:
Absorption, duration of action and effect, distribution in the body, method of excretion
Pharmacodynamics correct answers How drugs and their actions affect the body at cellular level
Drugs can have four different names correct answers Chemical
Generic
Official
Brand, trade, or proprietary
Chemical name correct answers Describes its chemical make up, describes atomic or molecular
makeup
Generic name correct answers Given by the developer, often same as chemical name, before a
job becomes officially an approved medication, IDs active ingredient
Official name correct answers Name listed in the US pharmacopeia (USP)
We can see if they have gone through all the processes if they are listed in this manual
Sometimes the same as generic name
Brand, trade, or proprietary name correct answers Name under which the other manufacturers
market the drug; short and easy to remember; when the manufacture has ownership of this name,
once it runs out other manufactures can also use this name
, Absorption correct answers Passage of medication into the blood from site of administration
Factors influencing absorption correct answers Route of administration
Ability to dissolve
Blood flow to area of absorption
Body surface area
Lipid solubility of a medication
G.I. hypermotility
Drug molecule size
Route of administration correct answers Drugs may have more than one
Different areas absorb differently
Ability to dissolve correct answers Form
Drugs acidity or alkalinity
Blood flow to area of absorption correct answers Large amount of blood vessels absorbs quickly
Few blood vessels like in fatty tissue absorbs slower
Body surface area correct answers Faster in contact with large surface areas
Drug in contact with body tissues
Intestines large surface area
Lipid solubility of a medication correct answers High fat, or lipid
Not in vascular compartment long
Food plays a role
