NUR 2060 (Pharmacology) EXAM 1 Questions and Correct Answers
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1. What is pharma- the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
cology?
2. What is pharma- the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, to treat disease or prevent pregnancy
cotherapeutics?
3. What are the 3 1. effectiveness (elicits response for which it's given)
main properties 2. safety (cannot produce harmful effects)
of an ideal drug? 3. selectivity (only elicits response for which is given)
4. Which schedule Schedule I
has the highest
level of abuse po-
tential?
5. What is the -Chemical= chemical structure of the drug
difference be- -Generic= the official name of the drug
tween the chem- -Trade= name given to the drug from the manufacture
ical, generic, and
trade names of a
drug?
6. Which type of generic
drug name starts
in a lower case
letter?
7. Which type of Trade/brand name
drug name starts
as an UPPER case
letter?
8. one area of the body (i.e. skin)
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What does a "lo-
cal" route mean?
9. What does a effects all over the body
"systemic" route
mean?
10. What does an drug given by mouth (oral/PO)
"enteral" route
mean?
11. What does a "par- drug that goes directly into the blood stream (i.e. IV, IM, Sub Q)
enteral" route
mean?
12. What does a drug given via sublingual, buccal, inhalation, vaginal, and rectal
"mucous mem-
brane appli-
cation" route
mean?
13. What does a drug given via dermal, transdermal, otic, and ophthalmic
"topical" route
mean?
14. What are the sev- right DRUG
en "Rights" of right DOSE
medication ad- right ROUTE
ministration? right TIME
right PATIENT
right OF PATIENT TO REFUSE MEDICATION
right DOCUMENTATION
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15. How are drugs 1. chemical structure/group (i.e. opiate)
classified? 2. action (an opiate receptor agonist)
3. site of action (CNS)
4. use (an analgesic)
16. Are drugs en- exogenous
dogenous or ex-
ogenous?
17. Drugs mimic en- endogenous actions
dogenous or ex-
ogenous actions?
18. What is the term pharmacokinetics
that describes
how the drug
MOVES though
the body?
19. What is the pharmacodynamics
term that de-
scribes how the
drug WORKS in
the body
20. What are the four 1. absorption
basic processes 2. distribution (blood)
of pharmacoki- 3. metabolism (liver)
netics? 4. excretion (kidney)
21. What effects ab- -blood flow
sorption of a -drug lipid solubility
drug? -pH and drug ionization
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1. What is pharma- the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
cology?
2. What is pharma- the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, to treat disease or prevent pregnancy
cotherapeutics?
3. What are the 3 1. effectiveness (elicits response for which it's given)
main properties 2. safety (cannot produce harmful effects)
of an ideal drug? 3. selectivity (only elicits response for which is given)
4. Which schedule Schedule I
has the highest
level of abuse po-
tential?
5. What is the -Chemical= chemical structure of the drug
difference be- -Generic= the official name of the drug
tween the chem- -Trade= name given to the drug from the manufacture
ical, generic, and
trade names of a
drug?
6. Which type of generic
drug name starts
in a lower case
letter?
7. Which type of Trade/brand name
drug name starts
as an UPPER case
letter?
8. one area of the body (i.e. skin)
, NUR 2060 (Pharmacology) EXAM 1 Questions and Correct Answers
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h11ytz
What does a "lo-
cal" route mean?
9. What does a effects all over the body
"systemic" route
mean?
10. What does an drug given by mouth (oral/PO)
"enteral" route
mean?
11. What does a "par- drug that goes directly into the blood stream (i.e. IV, IM, Sub Q)
enteral" route
mean?
12. What does a drug given via sublingual, buccal, inhalation, vaginal, and rectal
"mucous mem-
brane appli-
cation" route
mean?
13. What does a drug given via dermal, transdermal, otic, and ophthalmic
"topical" route
mean?
14. What are the sev- right DRUG
en "Rights" of right DOSE
medication ad- right ROUTE
ministration? right TIME
right PATIENT
right OF PATIENT TO REFUSE MEDICATION
right DOCUMENTATION
, NUR 2060 (Pharmacology) EXAM 1 Questions and Correct Answers
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_h11ytz
15. How are drugs 1. chemical structure/group (i.e. opiate)
classified? 2. action (an opiate receptor agonist)
3. site of action (CNS)
4. use (an analgesic)
16. Are drugs en- exogenous
dogenous or ex-
ogenous?
17. Drugs mimic en- endogenous actions
dogenous or ex-
ogenous actions?
18. What is the term pharmacokinetics
that describes
how the drug
MOVES though
the body?
19. What is the pharmacodynamics
term that de-
scribes how the
drug WORKS in
the body
20. What are the four 1. absorption
basic processes 2. distribution (blood)
of pharmacoki- 3. metabolism (liver)
netics? 4. excretion (kidney)
21. What effects ab- -blood flow
sorption of a -drug lipid solubility
drug? -pH and drug ionization
