Test Bank for Understanding Pharmacology Essentials for Medication Safety, 3rd Edition

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TABLE OF CONTENTS gh gh


Chapter 1: Drug Regulation, Actions, and Responses
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Chapter 2: Safely Preparing and Giving Drugs
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Chapter 3: Mathematics Review and Introduction to
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Dosage Calculations
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Chapter 4: Medical Systems of Weights and Measures
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Chapter 5: Dosage Calculation of Intravenous solutions and Drugs
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Chapter 6: Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
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Chapter 7: Drugs for Pain Control
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Chapter 8: Anti-Infectives: Antibacterial Drugs
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Chapter 9: Anti-Infectives: Antiviral Drugs
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Chapter 10: Anti-Infectives: Antitubercular and Antifungal Drugs
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Chapter 11: Immunizations
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Chapter 12: Anticancer
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Chapter 13: Drug therapy for
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Diabetes
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Chapter 14: Drug Therapy for Thyroid and Adrenal Gland
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Problems Chapter 15: Drug Therapy Affecting Urine Output
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Chapter 16: Drug Therapy for Hypertension
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Chapter 17: Drug Therapy for Heart Failure
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Chapter 18: Drug Therapy for Dysrhythmias
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Chapter 19: Drug Therapy for High Blood
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Lipids Chapter 20: Drug Therapy to Disrupt
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Clotting
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Chapter 21: Drug Therapy for Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and
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Pulmonary Fibrosis/Hypertension
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Chapter 22: Drug Therapy for Gastrointestinal
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Dysfunction Chapter 23: Drug Therapy for Gastric
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Ulcers and Reflux Chapter 24: Drug Therapy with
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Nutritional Supplements Chapter 25: Drug Therapy for
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Seizures
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Chapter 26: Drug Therapy for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
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Diseases Chapter 27: Drug Therapy for Psychiatric Problems
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Chapter 28: Drug Therapy for Insomnia
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Chapter 29: Drug Therapy for Eye Problems
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Chapter 30: Drug Therapy for Osteoporosis and Muscle
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Relaxation Chapter 31: Drug Therapy for Male Reproductive
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Problems Chapter 32: Drug Therapy for Female Reproductive
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Problems
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Chapter 01: Drug Regulation, Actions, and Responses
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BASICCONCEPTS

,1. Which health care professional has the major responsibility for dispensing
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prescribed drugs under the direction of a pharmacist?
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a. Physician
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The physician and nurse practitioner have the major responsibility for prescribing drugs,
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not dispensing them. The licensed nurse has the primary responsibility for administering
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drugs, although under some circumstances a licensed nurse maydispense prescribed drugs
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but this isnot his or her major responsibility in drug therapy. The pharmacy technician has
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the major responsibility ofdispensing prescribed drugs under the direction ofa licensed
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pharmacist.
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2. Which term describes the effect ofa drug that improves body function?
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The purpose ofdrug therapy is to take a drug to prevent, reduce, or correct a health
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problem.This response is any drug’s intended action also known as a therapeutic response.
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3. Which type of drug name is “owned” bythe company that manufactures it?
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The chemical name is a drug’s exact chemical composition. The generic name is the name
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assigned to the drug by the U.S. Adopted Names Council and is not owned by anyone.
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The category name refers to the type ofdrug (what it does or what it is used for) and is not
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an actual drug name. The trade name (brand name) is the name provided and owned by a
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specific drug’s manufacturer.
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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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A high alert drug is one in which harm is likely to result if given at the wrong dose, to the
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wrong patient, or not given to the correct patient. Drugs classified as high alert drugs
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include potassium, narcotics (opioids), insulin, cancer chemotherapy drugs, and heparin (or
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any drug that strongly affects blood clotting). Penicillin, NSAIDs, and calcium are not
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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
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body hormone or enzyme?
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a. Agonist
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A drug agonist is an extrinsic drug that activates the receptor sites ofa cell and mimics the
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actions of naturally occurring body substances (intrinsic drugs). A blocking agent is a drug
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