8/17/25, 10:06
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NURS 305 INTRO TO PHARMACOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
Terms in this set (68)
Pharamacology A science that draws on information from
multiple disciplines including anatomy,
physiology, psychology, chemistry, and
microbiology
effectiveness, safety, 3 most important properties of an ideal drug
selectivity
Maximum benefit, What is the therapeutic objective of medications? (Goal
minimum harm of Nursing)
Right medication, right 9 rights of medication administration
person, right time, right
dose, right route,
right
documentation, right of
evaluation, right of
patient education, right
of patient to refuse
medication
Vital signs, oxygen What parameters need to be monitored during
saturation, mental medication administration?
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status, observing and
managing side effects,
and patient and family
education needs
Activate or inactivate In what three ways can drugs work on their receptor
cellular enzymes, sites?
activated or inactivated
neurohormones, and
alters the
characteristics of the
cell membrane
Agonists Drugs that activate receptor sites by binding
with them and mimic endogenous chemicals
such as neurotransmitters, hormones
Dobutamine (increases What are examples of agonists and give their main
cardiac actions?
contraction), insulin
(increases glucose
uptake), morphine
(increases opioid
effects)
Naloxone (Narcan) What are examples of antagonists and what are their
(antidote for opioid main actions?
overdose) and
antihistamines (block
the allergic
response)
Antagonists Prevent receptor activation and inhibit the action
of endogenous substances and drugs
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9
AM
NURS 305 INTRO TO PHARMACOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
2025/2026
Terms in this set (68)
Pharamacology A science that draws on information from
multiple disciplines including anatomy,
physiology, psychology, chemistry, and
microbiology
effectiveness, safety, 3 most important properties of an ideal drug
selectivity
Maximum benefit, What is the therapeutic objective of medications? (Goal
minimum harm of Nursing)
Right medication, right 9 rights of medication administration
person, right time, right
dose, right route,
right
documentation, right of
evaluation, right of
patient education, right
of patient to refuse
medication
Vital signs, oxygen What parameters need to be monitored during
saturation, mental medication administration?
1/
9
, 8/17/25, 10:06
AM
status, observing and
managing side effects,
and patient and family
education needs
Activate or inactivate In what three ways can drugs work on their receptor
cellular enzymes, sites?
activated or inactivated
neurohormones, and
alters the
characteristics of the
cell membrane
Agonists Drugs that activate receptor sites by binding
with them and mimic endogenous chemicals
such as neurotransmitters, hormones
Dobutamine (increases What are examples of agonists and give their main
cardiac actions?
contraction), insulin
(increases glucose
uptake), morphine
(increases opioid
effects)
Naloxone (Narcan) What are examples of antagonists and what are their
(antidote for opioid main actions?
overdose) and
antihistamines (block
the allergic
response)
Antagonists Prevent receptor activation and inhibit the action
of endogenous substances and drugs
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