WEEK 1 NURS 180 EXAM QUESTIONS
& DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
Phase 1 clinical trial indicates? - correct answer ✔✔done to find the highest dose of the new
treatment that can be given safely without causing severe side effects
1. Drugs may elicit different responses depending on individual client factors. List these factors?
- correct answer ✔✔•Age
•Sex
•Body mass
•Health status
•Genetics
2. Physician has prescribed a brand name drug for the client. The client tells the nurse that the
medication is too expensive. What is the best plan by the nurse? - correct answer ✔✔have the
dr prescribe the generic version
3. The nurse is teaching a class for clients about over-the-counter (OTC) medications. How does
the nurse determine that education has been effective? - correct answer ✔✔Read all labels
carefully and call physician if there is any questions
Advantages:
•No health care provider appointment required
•Often less expensive than prescription drugs
•Patients may treat themselves safely if they carefully follow directions on the label and call MD
if instructions are not clear.
Disadvantages:
,•Patient may choose wrong drug.
•Patient may not know reactions or interactions.
•Ineffective treatment may result in progression of disease.
4. Define pharmacotherapeutics? - correct answer ✔✔the application of drugs for the purpose
of treating disease and the treatment of suffering.
5. List examples of complement therapy? - correct answer ✔✔•Natural plant extracts, herbs,
vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements
•Acupuncture, hypnosis, biofeedback, massage, therapeutic touch
6. Describe the term therapeutic? - correct answer ✔✔relating to the healing of disease
7. Describe the prototype drug approach? - correct answer ✔✔•Is well understood
•Has known action and adverse effects
•Is used to compare other drugs in the same pharmacologic class
•May not be the most widely used drug in its class
•Disagreements may exist over which drug should serve as prototype drug.
8. Describe mechanism of action? - correct answer ✔✔how a drug produces an effect within
the body.
9. List examples of medication trade names? - correct answer ✔✔proprietary or brand names -
written in upper case letters
Example: Tylenol
Benadryl
Aleve
, Advil, Motrin
10. How does a laboratory become a FDA laboratory? - correct answer ✔✔
11. Describe clinical investigation? - correct answer ✔✔•Takes place in three different stages
termed clinical phase trials
•Longest part of approval process
•Evaluates human benefits
•Tests on healthy humans first, then on those with the target ailment
12. Define controlled substances? - correct answer ✔✔•Are restricted by the Controlled
Substances Act of 1970
•Are frequently abused
•Have a high potential for addiction or dependence
•Have restricted use
•Are placed into one of five schedules
•Drugs that have a high potential for addiction are considered controlled substances.
13. What are scheduled 2 medications? - correct answer ✔✔•May be dispersed only in cases
where therapeutic value has been determined
•Drugs, substances, or chemicals defined as drugs with a high potential for abuse, with use
potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence. These drugs are also
considered dangerous.
•Dilaudid, methadone, meperidine, morphine, fentanyl (cocaine also schedule II),Ritalin...
14. What is the preclinical investigation for medication testing? - correct answer ✔✔•Involves
laboratory research
•Tests done on cells and animals
& DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
Phase 1 clinical trial indicates? - correct answer ✔✔done to find the highest dose of the new
treatment that can be given safely without causing severe side effects
1. Drugs may elicit different responses depending on individual client factors. List these factors?
- correct answer ✔✔•Age
•Sex
•Body mass
•Health status
•Genetics
2. Physician has prescribed a brand name drug for the client. The client tells the nurse that the
medication is too expensive. What is the best plan by the nurse? - correct answer ✔✔have the
dr prescribe the generic version
3. The nurse is teaching a class for clients about over-the-counter (OTC) medications. How does
the nurse determine that education has been effective? - correct answer ✔✔Read all labels
carefully and call physician if there is any questions
Advantages:
•No health care provider appointment required
•Often less expensive than prescription drugs
•Patients may treat themselves safely if they carefully follow directions on the label and call MD
if instructions are not clear.
Disadvantages:
,•Patient may choose wrong drug.
•Patient may not know reactions or interactions.
•Ineffective treatment may result in progression of disease.
4. Define pharmacotherapeutics? - correct answer ✔✔the application of drugs for the purpose
of treating disease and the treatment of suffering.
5. List examples of complement therapy? - correct answer ✔✔•Natural plant extracts, herbs,
vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements
•Acupuncture, hypnosis, biofeedback, massage, therapeutic touch
6. Describe the term therapeutic? - correct answer ✔✔relating to the healing of disease
7. Describe the prototype drug approach? - correct answer ✔✔•Is well understood
•Has known action and adverse effects
•Is used to compare other drugs in the same pharmacologic class
•May not be the most widely used drug in its class
•Disagreements may exist over which drug should serve as prototype drug.
8. Describe mechanism of action? - correct answer ✔✔how a drug produces an effect within
the body.
9. List examples of medication trade names? - correct answer ✔✔proprietary or brand names -
written in upper case letters
Example: Tylenol
Benadryl
Aleve
, Advil, Motrin
10. How does a laboratory become a FDA laboratory? - correct answer ✔✔
11. Describe clinical investigation? - correct answer ✔✔•Takes place in three different stages
termed clinical phase trials
•Longest part of approval process
•Evaluates human benefits
•Tests on healthy humans first, then on those with the target ailment
12. Define controlled substances? - correct answer ✔✔•Are restricted by the Controlled
Substances Act of 1970
•Are frequently abused
•Have a high potential for addiction or dependence
•Have restricted use
•Are placed into one of five schedules
•Drugs that have a high potential for addiction are considered controlled substances.
13. What are scheduled 2 medications? - correct answer ✔✔•May be dispersed only in cases
where therapeutic value has been determined
•Drugs, substances, or chemicals defined as drugs with a high potential for abuse, with use
potentially leading to severe psychological or physical dependence. These drugs are also
considered dangerous.
•Dilaudid, methadone, meperidine, morphine, fentanyl (cocaine also schedule II),Ritalin...
14. What is the preclinical investigation for medication testing? - correct answer ✔✔•Involves
laboratory research
•Tests done on cells and animals
