Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care
Eleventh Edition Chapter 1 Exam
Questions And Correct Answers.
Drug - Answer Any chemical that can affect living processes.
Pharmacology - Answer Study of drugs and their interactions with living systems. Knowledge of history,
sources, uses of drugs- absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Clinical pharmacology - Answer Study of drugs in humans- patients and human volunteers (in drug
trials).
Therapeutics aka Pharmacotherapeutics - Answer The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat
disease or to prevent pregnancy. Can also be defined as medical use of drugs.
Three most important characteristics of any drug - Answer effectiveness, safety, selectivity.
Effectiveness - Answer most important property a drug can have, if it elicits a response.
Safety - Answer a drug that does not produce harmful effects- even in high doses.
Selectivity - Answer Drug elicits only the response for which it was given. *All drugs cause side effects*.
Reversible Actions - Answer Drug actions subside within normal amount of time.
Predictability - Answer Know how a patient will respond.
Ease of Administration - Answer Simple to administer- convenient route with low number of doses to
enhance patient adherence and decrease risk.
Eleventh Edition Chapter 1 Exam
Questions And Correct Answers.
Drug - Answer Any chemical that can affect living processes.
Pharmacology - Answer Study of drugs and their interactions with living systems. Knowledge of history,
sources, uses of drugs- absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Clinical pharmacology - Answer Study of drugs in humans- patients and human volunteers (in drug
trials).
Therapeutics aka Pharmacotherapeutics - Answer The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat
disease or to prevent pregnancy. Can also be defined as medical use of drugs.
Three most important characteristics of any drug - Answer effectiveness, safety, selectivity.
Effectiveness - Answer most important property a drug can have, if it elicits a response.
Safety - Answer a drug that does not produce harmful effects- even in high doses.
Selectivity - Answer Drug elicits only the response for which it was given. *All drugs cause side effects*.
Reversible Actions - Answer Drug actions subside within normal amount of time.
Predictability - Answer Know how a patient will respond.
Ease of Administration - Answer Simple to administer- convenient route with low number of doses to
enhance patient adherence and decrease risk.
