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NURS 180 PHARM: QUIZ 1 REVIEW (A+
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Question: What is a prototype drug?
Correct answer: Well-understood model drug with which other
drugs in a pharmacologic class may be compared.
Question: What is a chemical name?
Correct answer: Chemical formula for a drug, only one chemical
name per medication.
Question: What is a generic name?
Correct answer: Drug assigned by US Adopted Name Council
and FDA, only one generic name per medication.
Question: What are side effects and adverse effects?
Correct answer: Unintended effects of a drug.
Question: What is a therapeutic effect?
Correct answer: Intended effects of a drug.
Question: What are the Controlled Substance Categories?
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Correct answer: Schedule I: Highest, Schedule II: High, Schedule III: Moderate, Schedule IV: Low, Schedule V: Lowest.
Question: What are the main responsibilities of a nurse
administering medications?
Correct answer: What the drug is ordered, Name (Generic &
Trade) + Drug Classification, Intended or proposed use, Effects on the body, Contraindications, Special considerations, Side effects, Why the med is appropriate for patient, How med is supplied by pharmacy, How med is to be administered, including dosage ranges, What nursing process considerations related to the medication apply to this patient.
Question: Which primary organ involves the biotransformation
of the medication?
Correct answer: Liver.
Question: What is the movement of a drug from the site of
administration to various tissues of the body?
Correct answer: Absorption.
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Question: What is the change or biotransformation that occurs in
a drug into a more or less potent, soluble, or inactive form?
Correct answer: Metabolism.
Question: What is the elimination of a drug or its metabolites
from the body to the external environment through the kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, skin, or lungs?
Correct answer: Excretion.
Question: What term describes a drug that has been identified by
the federal government as being potentially harmful if its administration is not supervised by a licensed health provider?
Correct answer: Prescription drug.
Question: Where will ER and/or EC medications end up when
crushed, and are they effective?
Correct answer: In stomach, will not become effective.
Question: What is the name of the process that addresses how
various drug forms affect the dissolution, absorption rate, and onset of action of a drug?
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Correct answer: Pharmaceutics.
Question: What form of oral drug is expected to have the longest
absorption rate?
Correct answer: Tablets with enteric coating.
Question: What are the terms used to describe oral medications
that come in forms that delay release of the medication?
Correct answer: Enteric coated and extended release.
Question: What is the term for a medication that is injected into
a vein, subcutaneous tissue, or muscle tissue?
Correct answer: Parenteral.
Question: What is the term for a medication applied directly to
the skin?
Correct answer: Topical and transdermal.
Question: What is the term for the time it takes a medication in
the body to decrease in amount by half?