NURSING 208 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS|2025/2026
Pharmacotherapeutics - ANSWER-Using drugs to treat, care, relieve, prevent, or diagnose diseases
Pharmacokinetics - ANSWER-How body effects drugs metabolism and action:
Absorption, duration of action and effect, distribution in the body, method of excretion
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER-How drugs and their actions affect the body at cellular level
Drugs can have four different names - ANSWER-Chemical
Generic
Official
Brand, trade, or proprietary
Chemical name - ANSWER-Describes its chemical make up, describes atomic or molecular makeup
Generic name - ANSWER-Given by the developer, often same as chemical name, before a job
becomes officially an approved medication, IDs active ingredient
Official name - ANSWER-Name listed in the US pharmacopeia (USP)
We can see if they have gone through all the processes if they are listed in this manual
Sometimes the same as generic name
Brand, trade, or proprietary name - ANSWER-Name under which the other manufacturers market the
drug; short and easy to remember; when the manufacture has ownership of this name, once it runs
out other manufactures can also use this name
Absorption - ANSWER-Passage of medication into the blood from site of administration
Factors influencing absorption - ANSWER-Route of administration
Ability to dissolve
, Blood flow to area of absorption
Body surface area
Lipid solubility of a medication
G.I. hypermotility
Drug molecule size
Route of administration - ANSWER-Drugs may have more than one
Different areas absorb differently
Ability to dissolve - ANSWER-Form
Drugs acidity or alkalinity
Blood flow to area of absorption - ANSWER-Large amount of blood vessels absorbs quickly
Few blood vessels like in fatty tissue absorbs slower
Body surface area - ANSWER-Faster in contact with large surface areas
Drug in contact with body tissues
Intestines large surface area
Lipid solubility of a medication - ANSWER-High fat, or lipid
Not in vascular compartment long
Food plays a role
Medication's that have a high fat or lipid content absorb more easily and cross cell membranes faster
than those to have less
GI hypermotility - ANSWER-May not be absorbed because of being pushed through the body too
quickly (vomiting, etc)
Drug molecule size - ANSWER-Depends on this one passing through cell membranes
Distribution - ANSWER-Must get from side of absorption to specific sites
Chemical make up of drug determine site
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS|2025/2026
Pharmacotherapeutics - ANSWER-Using drugs to treat, care, relieve, prevent, or diagnose diseases
Pharmacokinetics - ANSWER-How body effects drugs metabolism and action:
Absorption, duration of action and effect, distribution in the body, method of excretion
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER-How drugs and their actions affect the body at cellular level
Drugs can have four different names - ANSWER-Chemical
Generic
Official
Brand, trade, or proprietary
Chemical name - ANSWER-Describes its chemical make up, describes atomic or molecular makeup
Generic name - ANSWER-Given by the developer, often same as chemical name, before a job
becomes officially an approved medication, IDs active ingredient
Official name - ANSWER-Name listed in the US pharmacopeia (USP)
We can see if they have gone through all the processes if they are listed in this manual
Sometimes the same as generic name
Brand, trade, or proprietary name - ANSWER-Name under which the other manufacturers market the
drug; short and easy to remember; when the manufacture has ownership of this name, once it runs
out other manufactures can also use this name
Absorption - ANSWER-Passage of medication into the blood from site of administration
Factors influencing absorption - ANSWER-Route of administration
Ability to dissolve
, Blood flow to area of absorption
Body surface area
Lipid solubility of a medication
G.I. hypermotility
Drug molecule size
Route of administration - ANSWER-Drugs may have more than one
Different areas absorb differently
Ability to dissolve - ANSWER-Form
Drugs acidity or alkalinity
Blood flow to area of absorption - ANSWER-Large amount of blood vessels absorbs quickly
Few blood vessels like in fatty tissue absorbs slower
Body surface area - ANSWER-Faster in contact with large surface areas
Drug in contact with body tissues
Intestines large surface area
Lipid solubility of a medication - ANSWER-High fat, or lipid
Not in vascular compartment long
Food plays a role
Medication's that have a high fat or lipid content absorb more easily and cross cell membranes faster
than those to have less
GI hypermotility - ANSWER-May not be absorbed because of being pushed through the body too
quickly (vomiting, etc)
Drug molecule size - ANSWER-Depends on this one passing through cell membranes
Distribution - ANSWER-Must get from side of absorption to specific sites
Chemical make up of drug determine site
