Answers Graded A+ 2025-2026 Edition.
Trade name - Answer brand (proprietary) name of a drug
Generic name - Answer non-proprietary name of a drug
Pharmacokinetics - Answer how a drug moves through the body
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Pharmacodynamics - Answer study of the way drugs affect the body
Absorption - Answer how the drug gets into the bloodstream
Distribution - Answer how the drug gets to the site of action
Metabolism - Answer changed into a form that can be excreted
Excretion - Answer removal of a substance from the body
Protein binding - Answer makes drug inactive when protein binds to it
Drug half-life - Answer time it takes for a drug to decrease in strength (t 1/2) or time it takes
for the amount of drug in the body to be reduced by half
First pass effect - Answer lowers the amount of active drug released in the blood
agonist - Answer binds to a receptor site
Antagonist - Answer blocks agonist from binding to the receptor site
, Grapefruit effect - Answer lowers the activity of specific enzymes that in the GI tract that
normally breakdown medication
Peak plasma level - Answer highest level of a drug in the bloodstream at a specific time
Black box warning - Answer a sever adverse reaction that can result in serious injury or death
Dissolution - Answer pharmaceutical phase where a solid turns into a solution
Trough plasma level - Answer the lowest level of a drug in the bloodstream
Toxic effects - Answer when a drug level exceeds the therapeutic range
What is A.N.A.? - Answer American Nurse's Association.
Ethics: Developed a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities in a manner consistent with
quality in nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession.
Adopted in 1950
Nurse's role in clinical research
What year was HIPPA regulated? - Answer 1996
What year was The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act? - Answer 1938
What year was The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act? - Answer 2012
Autonomy - Answer right to self-determination
lipophilic - Answer looks like milk, drug crossing the placenta, crossing blood brain barrier
Pharmacogenetics - Answer study of genetic factors that influence an individual's response to
a specific drug