BASIC PHARMACOLOGY
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
_______ _______ = stay in the blood.
________ ________ = attract to tissue. - correct answer water soluble;
fat soluble
A pharmacological result, either desirable or not, of drugs interacting
with other drugs, chemicals, diet, or chemicals used in diagnostic
testing is called? - correct answer drug interaction
A process that chemically changes the drug in the body is called? -
Correct answer biotransformation or metabolism
A state in which exposure to a drug induces changes that result in a
diminution of one or more effects of the drug over time is called? -
correct answer drug tolerance
A term used to classify similar medications used to treat a specific
condition or disease? - correct answer Therapeutic classification
Examples: antipyretics
A term used to describe how the body uses a drug at the cellular level?
- correct answer pharmacological class
, Example: salicylates
A type of med order given immediately and only once (emergent)? -
Correct answer STAT
A type of order for med to be given only once @ a specified time? -
Correct answer Single/ one time
After a medication error occurs, what is the first priority? - Correct
answer Assess the patient's condition. Patient's safety and well-being
are always first!
Always check ________ before administering medication. - correct
answer allergies
Amount of drug/dosage unit = _________ - correct answer dosage
strength
Base unit examples include:
Weight = _______
Volume = _________
Length = __________ - correct answer grams, liters, meters
Before a medication is prescribed a _______ _______ is determined. -
Correct answer therapy goal
Changes that may occur in Enteral Route are: - correct answer Factors
that change absorption:
Acid change in stomach (time and day and amount of food)
Absorption change in the intestines
Presence of absence of food and fluid
Patient history in abdominal surgery
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
_______ _______ = stay in the blood.
________ ________ = attract to tissue. - correct answer water soluble;
fat soluble
A pharmacological result, either desirable or not, of drugs interacting
with other drugs, chemicals, diet, or chemicals used in diagnostic
testing is called? - correct answer drug interaction
A process that chemically changes the drug in the body is called? -
Correct answer biotransformation or metabolism
A state in which exposure to a drug induces changes that result in a
diminution of one or more effects of the drug over time is called? -
correct answer drug tolerance
A term used to classify similar medications used to treat a specific
condition or disease? - correct answer Therapeutic classification
Examples: antipyretics
A term used to describe how the body uses a drug at the cellular level?
- correct answer pharmacological class
, Example: salicylates
A type of med order given immediately and only once (emergent)? -
Correct answer STAT
A type of order for med to be given only once @ a specified time? -
Correct answer Single/ one time
After a medication error occurs, what is the first priority? - Correct
answer Assess the patient's condition. Patient's safety and well-being
are always first!
Always check ________ before administering medication. - correct
answer allergies
Amount of drug/dosage unit = _________ - correct answer dosage
strength
Base unit examples include:
Weight = _______
Volume = _________
Length = __________ - correct answer grams, liters, meters
Before a medication is prescribed a _______ _______ is determined. -
Correct answer therapy goal
Changes that may occur in Enteral Route are: - correct answer Factors
that change absorption:
Acid change in stomach (time and day and amount of food)
Absorption change in the intestines
Presence of absence of food and fluid
Patient history in abdominal surgery
