, Roach’s Introductory Clinical Pharmacology 11th EditionT
g g g g g g
est Bank g
1. Agnursingginstructorgisgpreparinggagteachinggplangforgaggroupgofgnursinggstudentsgaboutgph
armacology.gWhengdescribinggthisgtopic,gtheginstructorgwouldgfocusgthegdiscussiongongwhi
chgofgthegfollowinggasgangessentialgaspect?
A) Druggname
B) Druggclass
C) Druggaction
D) Druggsourceg
Ans:g CgFeedbac
k:
Pharmacologygisgthegstudygofgdrugsgandgtheirgactiongonglivinggorganisms.gThus,gangess
entialgaspectgofgpharmacologygisgdruggaction.gAngunderstandinggofgthegdruggname,gdru
ggclass,gandgdruggsourcegisgimportant,gbutgthegmostgcriticalgaspectgrelatedgtogpharmacol
ogygisghowgthegdruggactsgingthegbody.
2. Agnursinggstudentgisgpreparinggtogadministergagprescribedgdruggtogagpatient.gThegstudentgre
viewsginformationgaboutgthegdruggandgitsgactions.gWhichgofgthegfollowinggwouldgbegthegbes
tgchoicegforgobtaininggthisginformation?gSelectgallgthatgapply.
A) Nursingginstructor
B) Nursegassignedgtogthegpatient
C) Clinicalgdruggreference
D) Prescribingghealthgcaregprovider
E) Clinicalgpharmacistg
Ans:g C,gE
Feedback:
Althoughgthegnursinggstudentgcangaskgthegnursingginstructor,gthegnursegassignedgtogthegpat
ient,gandgthegprescribingghealthgcaregprovidergforginformationgaboutgthegdrug,gthegbestgchoi
cesgforgdrugginformationgwouldgincludegangappropriategdruggreferencegandgthegclinicalgph
armacist.
3. Whengdescribinggthegvariousgtypesgofgmedicationsgtogaggroupgofgnursinggstudents,gagn
ursingginstructorgwouldgidentifygwhichgofgthegfollowinggasgagsourcegforgderivinggme
dications?gSelectgallgthatgapply.
A) Plants
B) Syntheticgsources
C) Mold
D) Minerals
E) AnimalsgAn
s:gA,gB,gC,gD,gEgFe
edback:
Medicationsgaregderivedgfromgnaturalgsources,gforgexample,gplants,gmolds,gminerals,gandga
nimals,gasgwellgasgcreatedgsyntheticallygingaglaboratory.
Pageg 2
,4. Whichgofgthegfollowinggnamesgmaygbegassignedgtogagdruggduringgthegprocessgofgd
evelopment?gSelectgallgthatgapply.
A) Chemicalgname
B) Officialgname
C) Pharmacologicgname
D) Tradegname
E) Nonproprietarygnameg
Ans:g A,gB,gD,gEgFeedback
:
Throughoutgthegprocessgofgdevelopment,gdrugsgmayghavegseveralgnamesgassignedgtogthem
gincludinggagchemicalgname,gaggenericg(nonproprietary)gname,gangofficialgname,gandgagtrad
egorgbrandgname.
5. Agdruggmaygbegclassifiedgbygwhichgofgthegfollowing?gSelectgallgthatgapply.
A) Thegchemicalgtypegofgthegdrug'sgactivegingredient
B) Thegwaygthegdruggisgusedgtogtreatgagspecificgcondition
C) Theggenericgnamegofgthegdrug
D) Thegtradegnamegofgthegdrug
E) Thegnonproprietarygnamegofgthegdrugg
Ans:g A,gB
Feedback:
Agdruggmaygbegclassifiedgbygthegchemicalgtypegofgthegactivegingredientgorgbygthegwaygitgisgu
sedgtogtreatgagparticulargcondition.gGeneric,gtrade,gandgnonproprietarygrefergtoghowgagdruggi
sgnamed.
6. Aggroupgofgnursinggstudentsgaregreviewingginformationgaboutgthegprocessgofgdruggdeve
lopmentgingthegUnitedgStates.gThegstudentsgdemonstrategunderstandinggofgthisgprocessg
whengtheygidentifygthatgwhichgofgthegfollowinggcategoriesgaregassignedgbygthegFoodgand
gDruggAdministrationgtognewlygapprovedgdrugs? gSelectgallgthatgapply.
A) Metabolite
B) Noncontrolledgsubstance
C) Prescription
D) Nonprescription
E) Controlledgsubstanceg
Ans:g C,gD,gE
Feedback:
Oncegdrugsgaregapprovedgforguse,gthegFDAgassignsgthegdruggtogonegofgthegfollowinggcat
egories:gprescription,gnonprescription,gorgcontrolledgsubstance.gMetabolitegrefersgtogtheg
inactivegformgofgthegdrug.gNoncontrolledgsubstancegisgagtermgthatgisgnotgused.
Pageg 3
, 7. Whichgofgthegfollowinggwouldgbegmostgimportantgforgthegnursegtogdogtogensuregthegsafegu
segofgprescriptiongdrugsgingtheginstitutionalgsetting?gSelectgallgthatgapply.
A) Administeringgdrugs
B) Monitoringgclientsgforgdruggeffects
C) Prescribinggdrugs
D) Evaluatinggclientsgforgtoxicgeffects
E) Educatinggclients/caregiversgaboutgdrugsg
Ans:g A,gB,gD,gE
Feedback:
Ingtheginstitutionalgsetting,gthegnurse'sgrolegtogensuregsafegusegofgprescriptiongdrugsginclu
desgadministeringgdrugs,gmonitoringgdruggeffects,gevaluatinggforgtoxicgeffects,gandgeduca
tinggclientsgandgcaregiversgaboutgdrugs.
8. Thegnursegisghelpinggagclientgreviewgagprescriptiongfromgtheghealthgcaregprovider.gWhenge
xamininggthegprescription,gwhichgofgthegfollowinggwouldgthegnursegexpectgtogfindgdocu
mented?gSelectgallgthatgapply.
A) Namegofgthegdrug
B) Dosagegofgthegdrug
C) Routegofgdruggadministration
D) Timesgofgdruggadministration
E) Licensedgprescriber'sgsignatureg
Ans:g A,gB,gC,gD,gE
Feedback:
Thegprescriptiongmustgcontaingthegclient'sgname,gthegnamegofgthegdrug,gthegdosage,gtheg
methodgandgtimesgofgadministration,gandgthegsignaturegofgtheglicensedghealthgcaregprovi
dergprescribinggthegdrug.
9. Aftergteachinggaggroupgofgnursinggstudentsgaboutgnonprescriptiongdrugs,gthegnursingginstr
uctorgdeterminesgthatgthegteachinggwasgsuccessfulgwhengthegstudentsgidentifygwhichgofgthe
gfollowing?gSelectgallgthatgapply.
A) Theygrequiregaglicensedghealthgcaregprovider'sgsignature.
B) Theygaregreferredgtogasgover-the-countergdrugs.
C) Theygcangbegtakengwithoutgriskgtogthegclient.
D) Theyghavegcertainglabelinggrequirements.
E) Theygshouldgbegtakengonlygasgdirectedgongtheglabel.g
Ans:g B,gD,gE
Feedback:
Nonprescriptiongdrugsgaregoftengreferredgtogasgover-the-
counterg(OTC)gdrugs.gTheygdognotgrequiregagprescriptiong(aglicensedghealthgcaregprovider'
sgsignature)gbutgdognotgcomegwithoutgriskgtogthegclient.gThegfederalggovernmentghasgimpos
edglabelinggrequirementsgofgOTCgdrugsgandgtheygshouldgonlygbegtakengasgdirectedgongthegl
abelgunlessgundergthegsupervisiongofgaghealthgcaregprovider.
Pageg 4