Exam (elaborations) .M22058 Course Code: 2410213

1. Why a nursing student should learn pharmacology? 2. Define: Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, Drug, Therapeutics 3. What are the Clinical applications of drugs? 4. What are the nature and sources of drugs? 5. What are the different types of drug therapies? 6. What are the different names assigned to drugs? 7. Classify drugs and define a prototypical drug. 8. Describe the properties of an ideal drug. 9. Explain the therapeutic objective of drug therapy. 10.What are factors that determine how an individual will respond to a specific drug and dosage. 11.Describe the main categories of drugs. 12. What are the Controlled Substances and Drug Schedules? 8-Oct-18 Dr. Utoor Talib • Why should a nursing student learn pharmacology? • Pharmacology integrated into every step of the nursing process and it is the core of patient care. • With out adequate understanding of drugs and their effects on the body, nurses are unable to meet their professional and legal responsibilities to their patients. • Pharmacology helps the nurses to learn why, what, how, when, and where drugs are use in daily life The goals or objective of Studying Pharmacology - By applying their knowledge of pharmacology, nurses well make a large contribution to achieving the therapeutic objective of drug therapy (maximum benefit and minimum harm). - For the safe and accurate administration of medications, monitoring patients for therapeutic and adverse effects and providing education for patients who are taking these medications. Dr. Utoor Talib 8-Oct-18 - Monitoring the overall patient care plan to prevent or limit the medication errors and adverse drug events. Nurses can minimize any harm associated with medications by carrying out this task with few, if any, errors. - The professional nurse can routinely avoid medication errors and many serious adverse drug effects in patients by applying experience and knowledge of pharmacotherapy to clinical practice. • Learning pharmacology is a gradual, continuous process that does not end with graduation.