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NURS 2407 - PHARMACOLOGY EXAM ONE
CONTENT: CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
What are over-the-counter drugs? - ANS ✓Drugs that are weaker and have less
potential for harmful side effects are available for purchase without a
prescription.
When are OTC drugs considered safe? - ANS ✓When the package directions
for dosage and schedule are followed.
T/F: OTC drugs can be harmful when used too often or in high doses. - ANS
✓True
T/F: Always ask a patient if they take any OTC drugs daily - ANS ✓True
What is a prescription drug? - ANS ✓A drug that is at a higher potential for
harm, strong sedating effects, or at a potential for addiction are considered to be
too dangerous for self medication.
What are high-alert drugs, and which ones are they? - ANS ✓Drugs that have
an increased risk for causing a patient harm if it is used in error (high dose, low
dose, given to wrong patient, or not given to right patient).
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PINCH: potassium, insulin, narcotics (opioids), chemotherapy agents,
heparin (or any other blood clotting agent)
What are herbals? - ANS ✓Natural products made from plants that cause a
response in the body similar to that of a drug.
T/F: Herbal products are regulated for effectiveness, purity, or drug
strength - ANS ✓False
T/F: taking high doses of herbal products/mixing herbal products with
other drugs can be harmful, and you musk ask the patient if they are taking
any herbal products - ANS ✓True
What is pharmacodynamics? - ANS ✓How the drug works to change body
function or what the drug does to the body
What is the mechanism of action? - ANS ✓Exactly how the drug changes the
activity of a cell
What are target tissues/cells? - ANS ✓The actual cells or tissues affected by the
mechanism of action or intended actions of a drug
What are receptors? - ANS ✓Places on or in a cell where a drug can attach itself
(bind) and control cell activity
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NURS 2407 - PHARMACOLOGY EXAM ONE
CONTENT: CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
What are over-the-counter drugs? - ANS ✓Drugs that are weaker and have less
potential for harmful side effects are available for purchase without a
prescription.
When are OTC drugs considered safe? - ANS ✓When the package directions
for dosage and schedule are followed.
T/F: OTC drugs can be harmful when used too often or in high doses. - ANS
✓True
T/F: Always ask a patient if they take any OTC drugs daily - ANS ✓True
What is a prescription drug? - ANS ✓A drug that is at a higher potential for
harm, strong sedating effects, or at a potential for addiction are considered to be
too dangerous for self medication.
What are high-alert drugs, and which ones are they? - ANS ✓Drugs that have
an increased risk for causing a patient harm if it is used in error (high dose, low
dose, given to wrong patient, or not given to right patient).
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PINCH: potassium, insulin, narcotics (opioids), chemotherapy agents,
heparin (or any other blood clotting agent)
What are herbals? - ANS ✓Natural products made from plants that cause a
response in the body similar to that of a drug.
T/F: Herbal products are regulated for effectiveness, purity, or drug
strength - ANS ✓False
T/F: taking high doses of herbal products/mixing herbal products with
other drugs can be harmful, and you musk ask the patient if they are taking
any herbal products - ANS ✓True
What is pharmacodynamics? - ANS ✓How the drug works to change body
function or what the drug does to the body
What is the mechanism of action? - ANS ✓Exactly how the drug changes the
activity of a cell
What are target tissues/cells? - ANS ✓The actual cells or tissues affected by the
mechanism of action or intended actions of a drug
What are receptors? - ANS ✓Places on or in a cell where a drug can attach itself
(bind) and control cell activity
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