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NUR 2060 PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM REVIEW 2024/2025 STUDY QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS TOP RATED | GUARANTEED PASS What is pharmacotherapeutics? - Answer>>> use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or prevent pregnancy. What is pharmacokinetics? - Answer>>> how the...

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NUR 2060 PHARMACOLOGY FINAL EXAM REVIEW
2024/2025 STUDY QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS TOP RATED | GUARANTEED PASS

I Wish You the Best in Your Studies and Exam Revision.

,What is pharmacotherapeutics? - Answer>>> use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease
or prevent pregnancy.

What is pharmacokinetics? - Answer>>> how the drugs moves through the body (i.e. absorption,
distribution, metabolism and excretion)

What is pharmacodynamics? - Answer>>> how the drug works in the body

What is selectivity? - Answer>>> only elicits response for which it is given, no side effects

What is affinity? - Answer>>> strength of attraction

What is half-life? - Answer>>> amount of time it takes for ½ of a drug to be out of system

What is an antagonist? - Answer>>> a substance that interferes with or inhibits the physiological
action of another

What is an agonist? - Answer>>> a substance that initiates a physiological response when
combined with a receptor

What is the minimal effective concentration? - Answer>>> reflects the minimum concentration
of drug at the receptor site to elicit the desired pharmacological response

What is the ceiling effect with drugs? - Answer>>> the phenomenon in which a drug reaches a
maximum effect, so that increasing the drug dosage does not increase its effectiveness

What is potency? - Answer>>> the power of something to influence or make an impression

What is efficacy? - Answer>>> the ability to produce a desired or intended result

What is intrinsic ability? - Answer>>> efficacy refers to the relative ability of a drug-receptor
complex to produce a maximum functional response

What is bioavailability? - Answer>>> portion or percent of an administered dose of drug that is
absorbed and able to cause effect. may be affected by all the factors that affect absorption

What patients are most susceptible to medication side effects and why? - Answer>>> --Elderly:
due to decline in liver and kidney function

,--Young: due to immature hepatic function

What is the difference between enteral and parenteral? - Answer>>> --Enteral: via mouth

--Parenteral: via blood stream

What would low levels of albumin while taking a medication do in the body? - Answer>>> Low
levels of albumin would increase the level of that drug in the blood stream causing it to have a
more profound/harmful effect on the patient

What is important to know about pregnancy and drug administration? - Answer>>> --pregnant
women have higher rates of metabolism and excretion so may need to give higher dose

--pregnant women also have slower GI motility

What is peptic ulcer disease? - Answer>>> upper GI disorders, degrees of erosion of the gut
wall; an imbalance between mucosal defenses and aggressive factors

What are the major antibiotics used for H.pylori? - Answer>>> --amoxicillin (Amoxil)

--bismuth (Pepto bismol)

--metronidazole (Flagyl)

What is the action of histamine 2 receptor antagonists (H2 blockers)? - Answer>>> inhibits
gastric acid secretion

Give examples of histamine 2 receptor antagonists (H2 blockers). - Answer>>> "-dine"

--cimetidine (Tagamet)

--ranitidine (Zantac)

--famotidie (Pepcid)

What is important to note as a nurse when giving histamine 2 receptor antagonists (H2
blockers)? - Answer>>> --avoid antacids 1 hour before giving H2 blocker

--increased bleeding

, --risk of pneumonia

--no smoking, ETOH, or NSAID usage

--elevate head of bed

What is the action of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI's)? - Answer>>> --suppress gastric acid
secretion (block enzyme needs dof R acid formation)

What are the uses for Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI's)? - Answer>>> --active peptic ulcer disease

--GERD's

**prophylatic (not rescue)

--prevent NSAID induced ulcers

Give examples of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI's). - Answer>>> "-prazole"

--omeprazole (Prilosec)

--lansoprazole (Prevacid)

--pantoprazole (Protonix)

What are some nursing implications with giving Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPI's)? - Answer>>>
**Prophylactic use only! (not a rescue)

--risks of fractures, PN, acid rebound and intestinal infections

--use for only 16 weeks

What are the uses of Histamine 2 Receptor Antagonists (H2 blockers)? - Answer>>> --prevent
NSAID induced ulcers

**both maintenance and rescue!

--decrease heart burn

--Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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