NUR 1140 PHARMACOLOGY: CHAPTERS 1-4 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
What is a drug's generic name? Answer - assigned by the manufacturer that
first develops the drug
What are the 3 names every drug has? Answer - - chemical
- generic
- trade
What is a prototype drug? Answer - the well-understood, has known adverse
and action effects
What is it called when a medication causes harmful action, such as an allergic
reaction, that prevents further use of the medication? Answer - Adverse effect
What is known as the intended beneficial effects of the drug? Answer -
Therapeutic effects
An adolescent confides in the school nurse that the adolescent is arguing daily
with her mother and often wonders whether her mother loves her. The school
nurse recognizes that the student faces which of the following risk factors for
altered family health? Answer - A psychosocial risk factor
,Which statement is true regarding Friedman's theory of family-centered
nursing care? Answer - The role of the family is essential in every level of
nursing practice.
Drugs that can be purchased without a prescription are known as.. Answer -
over-the-counter drugs
Dugs considered dangerous because of their potential for human abuse or
misuse are known as... Answer - controlled substances
What is the study of a drug's mechanism of action and its biological and
physiological effects> Answer - Pharmacodyamics
What is the field of medicine that studies drug use in the treatment of disease?
Answer - pharmacotherapeutics
What is pharmacokinetics? Answer - The study of absoportion, blood levels,
distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs
What is Pharmacotherapy? Answer - the treatment of disease with medicines
What is therapeutic classification? Answer - describes what is being treated by
the drug
What is pharmacologic classification? Answer - the way a drug works at the
molecular, tissue, or body system level
What are controlled substances? Answer - Drugs that have a high potential for
abuse or addiction
, What is a schedule I drug? Answer - Drugs with no accepted medical use and a
high potential for abuse, no therapeutic value
Which scheduled drug has a moderate abuse and physical dependance
potential, but a high psychological dependence? Answer - Schedule III Drugs
What are schedule II drugs? Answer - Addictive drugs with limited medical use
who are therapeutic with a prescription
T/F: Schedule IV Drugs have the highest abuse potential. Answer - False:
They have a lower abuse potential and can be therapeutic with prescription
What is a teratogen? Answer - an agent or factor that causes malformation of
an embryo.
What are the 5 teratogen drug classifications? Answer - A, B, C, D & X
Category A teratogens are... Answer - safe for fetus
Category B teratogens are... Answer - have not shown fetal risk or adverse
effect. Risks have not been confirmed in controlled studies in women
Category C teratogens Answer - have revealed adverse effects on the fetus
Category D teratogens are... Answer - There is confirmation of human fetal
risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite
the risk
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
What is a drug's generic name? Answer - assigned by the manufacturer that
first develops the drug
What are the 3 names every drug has? Answer - - chemical
- generic
- trade
What is a prototype drug? Answer - the well-understood, has known adverse
and action effects
What is it called when a medication causes harmful action, such as an allergic
reaction, that prevents further use of the medication? Answer - Adverse effect
What is known as the intended beneficial effects of the drug? Answer -
Therapeutic effects
An adolescent confides in the school nurse that the adolescent is arguing daily
with her mother and often wonders whether her mother loves her. The school
nurse recognizes that the student faces which of the following risk factors for
altered family health? Answer - A psychosocial risk factor
,Which statement is true regarding Friedman's theory of family-centered
nursing care? Answer - The role of the family is essential in every level of
nursing practice.
Drugs that can be purchased without a prescription are known as.. Answer -
over-the-counter drugs
Dugs considered dangerous because of their potential for human abuse or
misuse are known as... Answer - controlled substances
What is the study of a drug's mechanism of action and its biological and
physiological effects> Answer - Pharmacodyamics
What is the field of medicine that studies drug use in the treatment of disease?
Answer - pharmacotherapeutics
What is pharmacokinetics? Answer - The study of absoportion, blood levels,
distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs
What is Pharmacotherapy? Answer - the treatment of disease with medicines
What is therapeutic classification? Answer - describes what is being treated by
the drug
What is pharmacologic classification? Answer - the way a drug works at the
molecular, tissue, or body system level
What are controlled substances? Answer - Drugs that have a high potential for
abuse or addiction
, What is a schedule I drug? Answer - Drugs with no accepted medical use and a
high potential for abuse, no therapeutic value
Which scheduled drug has a moderate abuse and physical dependance
potential, but a high psychological dependence? Answer - Schedule III Drugs
What are schedule II drugs? Answer - Addictive drugs with limited medical use
who are therapeutic with a prescription
T/F: Schedule IV Drugs have the highest abuse potential. Answer - False:
They have a lower abuse potential and can be therapeutic with prescription
What is a teratogen? Answer - an agent or factor that causes malformation of
an embryo.
What are the 5 teratogen drug classifications? Answer - A, B, C, D & X
Category A teratogens are... Answer - safe for fetus
Category B teratogens are... Answer - have not shown fetal risk or adverse
effect. Risks have not been confirmed in controlled studies in women
Category C teratogens Answer - have revealed adverse effects on the fetus
Category D teratogens are... Answer - There is confirmation of human fetal
risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite
the risk
