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SCSU NUR 343 EXAM I QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
drug - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ any chemical that can
affect living processes
pharmacology - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ the study of
drugs and their interactions with living systems
clinical pharmacology - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ study of
drugs in humans
therapeutics - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ The use of drugs to
diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or to prevent
pregnancy *or* the medical use of drugs
The Big Three - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ properties of an
ideal drug
-effectiveness
-safety
-selectivity
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therapeutic objective - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ achieving
the maximum benefit with minimal harm
pharmacokinetics - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ the impact of
the body on drugs
pharmacodynamics - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ the impact of
the drug on the body
5 rights of medical administration - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ patient, dose, drug, time, route
Food Drug Cosmetic Act - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 1938 -
required all new drugs be reviewed by the government
before being released to the public
Controlled Substances Act - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 1970
- set rules for marketing and distributing of meds that
can be addictive and classified them by schedule
(narcotics)
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what is NIOSH/what do they do? - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
-promotes occupational safety
-IDs hazardous materials
-literature and training
phases of new drug development - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ Phase I - concept, chemical property, healthy
volunteers
Phase 2/3 - therapeutic effects, dose range, safety,
effectiveness
Phase 4 - safe, risk vs benefit, released to general
population under observation
OTC drugs are ___ percent of administered drugs -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ 60
physiologic adaptation - .....ANSWER... ✔✔
adaptation due to normal body process
atrophy - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ decrease in cell size
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hypertrophy - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ increase in cell size
hyperplasia - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ increase in number
of cells
dysplasia - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ deranged cellular
growth
metaplasia - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ replacement of one
type of cell with another due to chronic injury or
irritation
cellular injury - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ cell unable to
maintain homeostasis
most common cause of cellular injury - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ hypoxia
hypoxia results from - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ -lack of
oxygen
-loss of hemoglobin
-decreased RBC production
-respiratory and CV system diseases
SCSU NUR 343 EXAM I QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
drug - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ any chemical that can
affect living processes
pharmacology - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ the study of
drugs and their interactions with living systems
clinical pharmacology - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ study of
drugs in humans
therapeutics - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ The use of drugs to
diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or to prevent
pregnancy *or* the medical use of drugs
The Big Three - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ properties of an
ideal drug
-effectiveness
-safety
-selectivity
,2|Page
therapeutic objective - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ achieving
the maximum benefit with minimal harm
pharmacokinetics - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ the impact of
the body on drugs
pharmacodynamics - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ the impact of
the drug on the body
5 rights of medical administration - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ patient, dose, drug, time, route
Food Drug Cosmetic Act - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 1938 -
required all new drugs be reviewed by the government
before being released to the public
Controlled Substances Act - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ 1970
- set rules for marketing and distributing of meds that
can be addictive and classified them by schedule
(narcotics)
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what is NIOSH/what do they do? - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
-promotes occupational safety
-IDs hazardous materials
-literature and training
phases of new drug development - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ Phase I - concept, chemical property, healthy
volunteers
Phase 2/3 - therapeutic effects, dose range, safety,
effectiveness
Phase 4 - safe, risk vs benefit, released to general
population under observation
OTC drugs are ___ percent of administered drugs -
.....ANSWER... ✔✔ 60
physiologic adaptation - .....ANSWER... ✔✔
adaptation due to normal body process
atrophy - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ decrease in cell size
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hypertrophy - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ increase in cell size
hyperplasia - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ increase in number
of cells
dysplasia - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ deranged cellular
growth
metaplasia - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ replacement of one
type of cell with another due to chronic injury or
irritation
cellular injury - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ cell unable to
maintain homeostasis
most common cause of cellular injury - .....ANSWER...
✔✔ hypoxia
hypoxia results from - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ -lack of
oxygen
-loss of hemoglobin
-decreased RBC production
-respiratory and CV system diseases
