Nurs 251 module 1 Exam Question And Answers 2024

Nurs 251 module 1 Exam Question And
Answers 2024
Therapeutic effect - correct answers✅desired drug
effect to alleviate some condition or symptom.


Side effects - correct answers✅drug effect other than
the therapeutic effect that are usually undesirable but not
harmful.


Adverse effect - correct answers✅general term for
undesirable and potentially harmful drug effects


Toxic effects - correct answers✅undesirable drug
effects that implies the drug is poisoning the body and
can be harmful or even life-threatening


mechanism of action - correct answers✅how a drug
produces its effects


site of action - correct answers✅the location within the
body where a drug exerts its therapeutic effect


Receptors - correct answers✅specific cellular structures
that a drug binds to in order to produce a physiologic
effect

, Nurs 251 module 1 Exam Question And
Answers 2024
agonist - correct answers✅activate a physiologic
response or drug effect


antagonist - correct answers✅interfere with other drugs
or substances from producing a drug-effect.


dose-dependent relationship - correct
answers✅response to any drug depends on the amount
of drug given.


dose - correct answers✅exact amount of drug that is
given


onset of action - correct answers✅time from the drug
administration to the first observable effect


duration of action - correct answers✅length of time
that the drug continues to produce its effect


therapeutic range - correct answers✅when the drug
concentration is above the minimum effective
concentration and below the maximum tolerate
concentration