PHARM: Exam 1 (Pharmacology Basics)
questions and answers 2026\2027 A+
Grade
what two things require a mandatory second nurse verification?
- correct answer high-risk meds
blood
What is medication reconciliation?
- correct answer Continuous assessment and updating of patient medication information.
- Verification
- Clarification
- Reconciliation
what is verification?
- correct answer verify what all the pt is taking
what is clarification?
- correct answer clarifying why the pt is taking a med
what is reconciliation?
- correct answer applying their current meds to what you are doing in the healthcare setting
T or F:
Medication reconciliation is done at the beginning of pt care
- correct answer false
(it is ongoing)
, what is one of the purposes of medication reconciliation?
- correct answer to ensure that there are no discrepancies between what the patient was taking at
home and in the hospital
what is a drug?
- correct answer any chemical that affects the physiologic processes of a living organism
what are prototypical drugs?
- correct answer first drug in a class of drugs
what are the two types of drug classifications?
- correct answer structure
therapeutic effect
define pharmaceutics
- correct answer The study of how various drug forms influence the way in which the drug affects the
body
Define pharmokinetics
- correct answer the study of what the body does to a drug
absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion would all fall under what study?
- pharmaceutics
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacodynamics
- pharmacotherapeutics
- correct answer pharmacokinetics
dissolution would fall under what study?
- pharmaceutics
- pharmacokinetics
questions and answers 2026\2027 A+
Grade
what two things require a mandatory second nurse verification?
- correct answer high-risk meds
blood
What is medication reconciliation?
- correct answer Continuous assessment and updating of patient medication information.
- Verification
- Clarification
- Reconciliation
what is verification?
- correct answer verify what all the pt is taking
what is clarification?
- correct answer clarifying why the pt is taking a med
what is reconciliation?
- correct answer applying their current meds to what you are doing in the healthcare setting
T or F:
Medication reconciliation is done at the beginning of pt care
- correct answer false
(it is ongoing)
, what is one of the purposes of medication reconciliation?
- correct answer to ensure that there are no discrepancies between what the patient was taking at
home and in the hospital
what is a drug?
- correct answer any chemical that affects the physiologic processes of a living organism
what are prototypical drugs?
- correct answer first drug in a class of drugs
what are the two types of drug classifications?
- correct answer structure
therapeutic effect
define pharmaceutics
- correct answer The study of how various drug forms influence the way in which the drug affects the
body
Define pharmokinetics
- correct answer the study of what the body does to a drug
absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion would all fall under what study?
- pharmaceutics
- pharmacokinetics
- pharmacodynamics
- pharmacotherapeutics
- correct answer pharmacokinetics
dissolution would fall under what study?
- pharmaceutics
- pharmacokinetics
