BASICS OF PHARMACOLOGY LPN EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

BASICS OF PHARMACOLOGY LPN
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS

, Pharmacology - ANSWERSStudy of medication and their action on the living body

Drug use - ANSWERSTo restore & maintain the healthy functioning body tissues,
organs, and systems. & in diagnostic procedure.

First process of drug action on the body - ANSWERSPharmaceutical phase

Pharmaceutical phase - ANSWERSManufacturing of the drug until the absorption of the
drug in the pts body.
Absorption occurs when the active ingredient of the drug enters the body fluids.

Second phase - ANSWERSPharmacokinetic phase

Pharmacokinetic phase - ANSWERSMovement of the drugs active ingredients from the
body fluids into the pts system and to the site where the intended action of the drug
takes place.

Third phase - ANSWERSPharmacodynamics phase

Pharmacodynamics phase - ANSWERSDrugs active ingredient interacts with the
intended body tissues. The body's cells respond to the action of the drug and changes
as the drug is metabolized.

Liver - ANSWERSHepatic
In activates and metabolizes drugs

Kidney - ANSWERSRenal
Eliminates the metabolites of drugs from the body

Metabolite - ANSWERSSubstance produced by metabolic action, which results in the
breakdown of the drug.

Renal or hepatic decrease - ANSWERSPotential to prolong the length of the time the
drug stays in the body and may continue to be active.

Drugs excreted; - ANSWERSUrine, feces, sweat, tears, breast milk, exhaled air.
If not adequately ______, they build up in a pts body.

Cumulative - ANSWERSIncreasing by increments.

Drug build up in the body - ANSWERSHas a cumulative effect, that can lead to a toxic
or lethal outcome.