Test Bank for Understanding Pharmacology
Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition
by M. Linda Workman & LaCha
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Test Bank For Understanding Pharmacology, Essentials for
Medication Safety, 3rd Edition,Workman & LaCharity
Chapter 01: Drug Regulation, Actions, and Responses
MULTIPLE CHOICE
BASIC CONCEPTS
1. Which health care professional has the major responsibility for dispensing prescribed drugs
a. Physician under the direction of a pharmacist?
b Nurse practitioner
.
c. Licensed nurse
d Pharmacy technician
.
SOLUTION:D
The physician and nurse practitioner have the major responsibility for
prescribing drugs, not dispensing them. The licensed nurse has the primary responsibility for
administering drugs, although under some circumstances a licensed nurse may dispense
prescribed drugs but this is not his or her major responsibility in drug therapy. The pharmacy
technician has the major responsibility of dispensing prescribed drugs under the direction of a
licensed pharmacist.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3
2. Which term describes the effect of a drug that improves body function?
a. Side effect
b Intended action
.
c. Adverse reaction
d Idiosyncratic response
.
SOLUTION:B
The purpose of drug therapy is to take a drug to prevent, reduce, or correct a health problem. This
response is any drug’s intended action also known as a therapeutic response.
Med C
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3
3. Which type of drug name is “owned” by the company that manufactures it?
a. Generic name
b Chemical name
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Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition
by M. Linda Workman & LaCha
,Med C
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Test Bank For Understanding Pharmacology, Essentials for
Medication Safety, 3rd Edition,Workman & LaCharity
Chapter 01: Drug Regulation, Actions, and Responses
MULTIPLE CHOICE
BASIC CONCEPTS
1. Which health care professional has the major responsibility for dispensing prescribed drugs
a. Physician under the direction of a pharmacist?
b Nurse practitioner
.
c. Licensed nurse
d Pharmacy technician
.
SOLUTION:D
The physician and nurse practitioner have the major responsibility for
prescribing drugs, not dispensing them. The licensed nurse has the primary responsibility for
administering drugs, although under some circumstances a licensed nurse may dispense
prescribed drugs but this is not his or her major responsibility in drug therapy. The pharmacy
technician has the major responsibility of dispensing prescribed drugs under the direction of a
licensed pharmacist.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3
2. Which term describes the effect of a drug that improves body function?
a. Side effect
b Intended action
.
c. Adverse reaction
d Idiosyncratic response
.
SOLUTION:B
The purpose of drug therapy is to take a drug to prevent, reduce, or correct a health problem. This
response is any drug’s intended action also known as a therapeutic response.
Med C
, DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: p. 3
3. Which type of drug name is “owned” by the company that manufactures it?
a. Generic name
b Chemical name
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