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NURS 305 PHARMACOLOGY *PHARMACOLOGY
PRINCIPLES* EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST
UPDATE GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (25)
Pharmacology Principles
Pharmacokinetics what happens from the time the drug hits
the body until it and the metabolites
leave the body
Absorption how the drug gets in the body
Distribution how the drug and/or metabolite gets where it
needs to go
Metabolism how the drug is transformed to the active or
inactive component
Excretion how the drug and metabolite are eliminated
from the body
Onset:
- time it takes for drug to work)
Peak:
Onset, peak, duration - highest level of absorption
Duration:
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- time the drug is “active"
time required for ½ of the drug to be removed
from the body
Half-Life Kinds of half-lives:
- Elimination half-life
- Plasma half-life
- Therapeutic half-life
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NURS 305 PHARMACOLOGY *PHARMACOLOGY
PRINCIPLES* EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST
UPDATE GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (25)
Pharmacology Principles
Pharmacokinetics what happens from the time the drug hits
the body until it and the metabolites
leave the body
Absorption how the drug gets in the body
Distribution how the drug and/or metabolite gets where it
needs to go
Metabolism how the drug is transformed to the active or
inactive component
Excretion how the drug and metabolite are eliminated
from the body
Onset:
- time it takes for drug to work)
Peak:
Onset, peak, duration - highest level of absorption
Duration:
1/
11
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AM
- time the drug is “active"
time required for ½ of the drug to be removed
from the body
Half-Life Kinds of half-lives:
- Elimination half-life
- Plasma half-life
- Therapeutic half-life
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