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NUR 3145 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What are the types of drug categories? - Ans:✔✔-1. Prescription (well controlled, high risk); 2. OTC (self
prescribed); herbals (can be dangerous-drug interaction)
What are the types of drug names? - Ans:✔✔-Chemical (chemists and manufacturers); generic (short
and simple); brand name (assigned by drug manufacturer)
What is the initial therapy with most illnesses? - Ans:✔✔-60-95% consists of self-care, self-medication
with OTC drug
Difference between USP and FDA. - Ans:✔✔-U.S Pharmacopenia: develop manufacturing std. (purity,
strength, labeling, package); FDA: enforce std. set by USP - both work together w US Congress and
Supreme Court to protect public
What is the primary objective of therapeutic drug therapy? - Ans:✔✔-Maximum benefit/minimum harm
What determines the intensity of the drug response? - Ans:✔✔-Administration, pharmacokinetics,
pharmacodynamics, sources of individual variation
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What are the 6 rights? - Ans:✔✔-1. Right drug; 2. patient; 3. dose; 4. route; 5. time; 6. documentation
(right to diagnosis and right to refuse)
What are 4 types of drug orders? - Ans:✔✔-1. Standing 2. PRN (as-needed); 3. single dose; 4. STAT
(immediate)
What are common routes of drugs into the body? (11) - Ans:✔✔-Oral/enteral(cheap/easy; takes longer);
intravenous (fast/can't take back); intramuscular(avoids gut); subcutaneous; topical;
transdermal(patches); inhaled; rectal; ocular; aural; vaginal
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Assessment - Ans:✔✔-Collect baseline data (history, lifestyle, age,
preexisting conditions, current drugs); ID high risk patients (pregnant, children, elderly,
immunosuppressed); assessment of patient's capacity for self care
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Analysis and Diagnosis - Ans:✔✔-Judge appropriateness of prescribed
regimen; ID potential health problems the drug can cause; determine patient's capacity for self-care
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Planning - Ans:✔✔-Define goals, set priorities, ID interventions; establish
criteria for evaluation
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Implementation - Ans:✔✔-Drug administration, patient education,
interventions to promote therapeutic effects, interventions to minimize adverse effects
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
NUR 3145 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What are the types of drug categories? - Ans:✔✔-1. Prescription (well controlled, high risk); 2. OTC (self
prescribed); herbals (can be dangerous-drug interaction)
What are the types of drug names? - Ans:✔✔-Chemical (chemists and manufacturers); generic (short
and simple); brand name (assigned by drug manufacturer)
What is the initial therapy with most illnesses? - Ans:✔✔-60-95% consists of self-care, self-medication
with OTC drug
Difference between USP and FDA. - Ans:✔✔-U.S Pharmacopenia: develop manufacturing std. (purity,
strength, labeling, package); FDA: enforce std. set by USP - both work together w US Congress and
Supreme Court to protect public
What is the primary objective of therapeutic drug therapy? - Ans:✔✔-Maximum benefit/minimum harm
What determines the intensity of the drug response? - Ans:✔✔-Administration, pharmacokinetics,
pharmacodynamics, sources of individual variation
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What are the 6 rights? - Ans:✔✔-1. Right drug; 2. patient; 3. dose; 4. route; 5. time; 6. documentation
(right to diagnosis and right to refuse)
What are 4 types of drug orders? - Ans:✔✔-1. Standing 2. PRN (as-needed); 3. single dose; 4. STAT
(immediate)
What are common routes of drugs into the body? (11) - Ans:✔✔-Oral/enteral(cheap/easy; takes longer);
intravenous (fast/can't take back); intramuscular(avoids gut); subcutaneous; topical;
transdermal(patches); inhaled; rectal; ocular; aural; vaginal
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Assessment - Ans:✔✔-Collect baseline data (history, lifestyle, age,
preexisting conditions, current drugs); ID high risk patients (pregnant, children, elderly,
immunosuppressed); assessment of patient's capacity for self care
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Analysis and Diagnosis - Ans:✔✔-Judge appropriateness of prescribed
regimen; ID potential health problems the drug can cause; determine patient's capacity for self-care
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Planning - Ans:✔✔-Define goals, set priorities, ID interventions; establish
criteria for evaluation
Nursing Process: Drug Therapy Implementation - Ans:✔✔-Drug administration, patient education,
interventions to promote therapeutic effects, interventions to minimize adverse effects
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