EKU PMHNP NSC 830 exam questions with answers

EKU PMHNP NSC 830 exam questions with
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answers


Study of drugs and drug actions - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Pharmacology


what the drug does in the body-or to the target cell - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Pharmacodynamics |\




Protiens located on the surgaces of the cell membranes or w/in
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cells. "the lock" - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Receptors
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the resulting drug-receptor complex initiates a physio-chemical
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reaction that stimulates or inhibits it's normal cell function -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔When drug molecules bind with receptors
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molecules
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drugs that produce effects similar to those produced by naturally
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occurring hormones, neurotransmitters, and other natural
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substances. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Agonist |\ |\ |\ |\




drugs that inhibit cell fx by occupying receptor sites - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Antagonist |\




The relationship between a drugs desired therapeutic effects and
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its adverse effects - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Therapeutic Index
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, drug is safe, close monitoring not required - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Wide therapeutic index |\ |\




Amount of drug required for therapeutic effect is not much
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different that the amount of drug producing a toxic effect. < 2.
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Close monitoring needed. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Narrow
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therapeutic index |\




The minimal blood level at which the drug exerts the desired
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effect - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Minimal effective Concentration
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plot of the plasma concentration vs. time after a single dose of
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drug is administered - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Area under the
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curve


time to maximum (peak) drug level after a drug is administered -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔T-max
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maximum (peak) concentration of a drug after it is administered -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C-max
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Some drugs, when passing from the intestines to the liver, get
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metabolized with only part of drug dose reaching systemic
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circulation for distribution - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔First-Pass
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effect