Pharmacology Connections To Nursing Practice Test 1, Terms From Reading!!

PHARMACOLOGY CONNECTIONS TO NURSING PRACTICE TEST 1,
TERMS FROM READING!!
Prototype Drug
Answers :the agent to which all other drugs in a class are compared.
Therapeutic Classification


Answers :Classification that describes what a drug treats.
Pharmacologic Classification


Answers :Classification that describes how the drug acts.
name ending in -lol


Answers :used in generic name of beta-adrenergic blockers
name ending -statin


Answers :denotes a lipid-lowering drug
Chemical Name


Answers :Standardized nomenclature of drugs established by International union
of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Each Drug only has one chemical Name.
Generic Name


Answers :Name assigned by United States Adopted Name Council. Each drug
only has one Generic Name.
Trade Name (Brand Name)

, Answers :Name given to a proprietary drug.
Exclusivity


Answers :Time used by a company to recoup costs in R&D where competing drug
companies may not manufacture a generic form of a drug.
Combination Drugs


Answers :Drugs with more than one active ingredient.
Bioavailability


Answers :The rate and extent to which a drug's active ingredient is absorbed from
the drug product to the site of drug action.
medication reconcilliation


Answers :comparing the patient's medication orders to all medications the patient
is and has been taking.
root cause analysis


Answers :determine why an error occurred and not the person responsible.
Pregnant Drug Categories:
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