NNP BOARDS REVIEW –
PHARMACOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
The relationship between medication concentrations at the site of
action and the pharmacologic response; the activity of the drug at the
receptor tissue site; the free drug binds to a specific receptor site
causing a desired response; this is the ACTION part -
✔✔pharmacodynamics
"what the drug does to the body" - ✔✔Pharmacodynamics
the fate of a medication in the body from the time it enters until it and
all of its metabolites are removed; movement of a drug IN, THROUGH,
and OUT of the body - ✔✔pharmacokinetics
, "what happens to the drug once it enters the body" -
✔✔pharmacokinetics
what are the four parameters of pharmacokinetics? - ✔✔absorption,
distribution, metabolism, excretion
getting the drug from the administration site to the blood
stream/circulation - ✔✔absorption
bloodstream to target organ receptors - ✔✔distribution
breaking down remaining drug for elimination after its job is done -
✔✔metabolism
drug eliminated from the body - ✔✔excretion
modes of medication administration? - ✔✔PO, SQ, IV, IM, rectal,
percutaneous, endotracheal, inhalation
the portion of the administered dose that reaches the site of action in
the body; amount of drug dose that reaches systemic circulation; the
PHARMACOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
The relationship between medication concentrations at the site of
action and the pharmacologic response; the activity of the drug at the
receptor tissue site; the free drug binds to a specific receptor site
causing a desired response; this is the ACTION part -
✔✔pharmacodynamics
"what the drug does to the body" - ✔✔Pharmacodynamics
the fate of a medication in the body from the time it enters until it and
all of its metabolites are removed; movement of a drug IN, THROUGH,
and OUT of the body - ✔✔pharmacokinetics
, "what happens to the drug once it enters the body" -
✔✔pharmacokinetics
what are the four parameters of pharmacokinetics? - ✔✔absorption,
distribution, metabolism, excretion
getting the drug from the administration site to the blood
stream/circulation - ✔✔absorption
bloodstream to target organ receptors - ✔✔distribution
breaking down remaining drug for elimination after its job is done -
✔✔metabolism
drug eliminated from the body - ✔✔excretion
modes of medication administration? - ✔✔PO, SQ, IV, IM, rectal,
percutaneous, endotracheal, inhalation
the portion of the administered dose that reaches the site of action in
the body; amount of drug dose that reaches systemic circulation; the
