NUR 210 pharmacology principles EXAM A+ GRADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS

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Galen NUR 210 Exam 1 Modules 1 3 Cartes 2026 A+ GR
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ADE ASSURED COMPLETE SOLUTIONS AND VERIFIED A
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NSWERS (74D53) ms




QUESTION 1 ms




Pharmacokinetics
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The process in which medications move through the body
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QUESTION 2 ms




What are the 4 phases of pharmacokinetics?
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ANSWER

absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
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QUESTION 3 ms




Absorption
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happens with drug movement from the GI tract into the bloodstream. Most meds are taken by mout
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QUESTION 4 ms




Oral absorptionms




ANSWER

Takes awhile to get absorbed because it has to go through the GI system Usually takes 2-
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4 hours •Enteric coated aspirin -
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hard on stomach can not crush pill •Extended release absorbed in the small intestine
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,QUESTION 5 ms




IM absorption
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ANSWER

Absorbed 1-2 hours ms ms




QUESTION 6 ms




IV absorption
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ANSWER

Absorbed 30-60 minutes ms ms




QUESTION 7 ms




dissolution
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Dissolution happens when a po medication breaks down into particles, disintegrates, and dissolves t
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o combine with liquid so absorption from the GI tract into the bloodstream occurs. Liquid medicatio
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ns are absorbed faster than solids. Food can interfere with the absorption of drugs.
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QUESTION 8 ms




Drugs that resist dissolution
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Parenteral medications (SL, eyedrops, inhalants, transdermal) do not pass through the GI tract. Enter
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ic coated medications are designed to resist disintegration until the pill reaches the small intestine.
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EC and sustained release meds should not be crushed.
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QUESTION 9 ms




Factors that affect absorption ms ms ms




ANSWER

•Lack of muscle and increased fat changes medicine absorption •Food consumption -
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will change medicine potency (delayed) •Stress - Exercise, medicine goes to muscle •pH -
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Medicine is made for acidic environments •Antacid changes absorption •Taken alone so it doesn't c
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hange the action ms ms

, QUESTION 10 ms




Excipients
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Fillers and other substances that make up tablets as a pill is not 100% drug. Sometimes an excipien
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t enhances the absorption of a drug such as with PCN, which is not well absorbed from the GI tract.
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Adding Na to PCN, which makes it penicillin sodium, will increase the absorption of PCN
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QUESTION 11 ms




first pass effect
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ANSWER

•the oral drugs go to liver via portal vein where some of the drug becomes inactive •Only happens
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with oral medications
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QUESTION 12 ms




delayed gastric emptying
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ANSWER

Food doesn't move like it should
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QUESTION 13 ms




Distribution
ANSWER

refers to the movement of the drug from the circulation to body tissues
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QUESTION 14 ms




Factors affecting distribution
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ANSWER

-blood flow to tissues -protein binding -blood brain barrier -drug's affinity to the tissue
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QUESTION 15 ms




protein binding ms




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