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Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety 2nd Edition (Workman & LaCharity) – Complete Test Bank Covering All Chapters

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This test bank for Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety (2nd Edition) by Workman & LaCharity includes comprehensive practice questions covering all chapters of the textbook. It is designed to support medication safety understanding, pharmacological principles, and exam preparation, with content suitable for nursing and healthcare students aiming for high academic performance.

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Chapter 01: Drug Regulation, Actions, and Responses
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1. Which health care professional has the major responsibility for dispensing prescribed
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drugs under the direction of a pharmacist?
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The physician and nurse practitioner have the major responsibility for prescribing drugs, not dis
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pensing them. The licensed nurse has the primary responsibility for administering drugs, althou
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gh under some circumstances a licensed nurse may dispense prescribed drugs but this isnot his o
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r her major responsibility in drug therapy. The pharmacy technician has the major responsibility
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of dispensing prescribed drugs under the direction of a licensed pharmacist.
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2. Which term describes the effect of a drug that improves body function?
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The purpose of drug therapy is to take a drug to prevent, reduce, or correct a health problem
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.This response is any drug’s intended action also known as a therapeutic response.
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The chemical name is a drug’s exact chemical composition. The generic name is the name assig
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ned to the drug by the U.S. Adopted Names Council and is not owned by anyone. The category
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name refers to the type of drug (what it does or what it is used for) and is not an actualdrug nam
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e. The trade name (brand name) is the name provided and owned by a specific drug’s manufact
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4. Which drug or drug class is a ―high alert‖ drug?
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a. Penicillin
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c. NSAIDs
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A high alert drug is one in which harm is likely to result if given at the wrong dose, to the wrong
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patient, or not given to the correct patient. Drugs classified as high alert drugs include potassium
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,narcotics (opioids), insulin, cancer chemotherapy drugs, and heparin (or any drug that strongly a
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ffects blood clotting). Penicillin, NSAIDs, and calcium are not considered high alert drugs.
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5. What is the term for a drug that has the same action as a naturally occurring bod
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yhormone or enzyme?
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A drug agonist is an extrinsic drug that activates the receptor sites of a cell and mimics th
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eactions of naturally occurring body substances (intrinsic drugs). A blocking agent is a dru
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antagonist. A chemical would not necessarily be a drug at all. A duplicator is not a pharmacologict
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odynamics refers to how a drug works to change body function. Drug potency refers tohow strongl
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y or to what degree a drug exerts its effects. The therapeutic effect is closer to pharmacodynamics
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, meaning how a drug works to change body function.
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7. In the United States, which group is responsible for enforcing established standards for
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are enforced by the Food and Drug Administration. Neither the National Institutes of Health nort
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he Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers has any authority to enforce drug standards.
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8. Which factor is a major disadvantage of the transdermal drug delivery route?
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