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  • August 4, 2024
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  • 2024/2025
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  • nursing pharmacology legal ethical social and
  • what is a drugs chemical name
  • what is a drugs generic name
  • what is a drugs trade name
  • identify three methods of classifying drugs

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Nursing Pharmacology - Legal, Ethical, Social, And
Cultural Issues Questions And Answers With Verified
Solutions Latest Update 2024/2025.
What is a drug's chemical name? - ANSWER -The drug's chemical composition and molecular
structure

What is a drug's generic name? - ANSWER -Name assigned by the U.S. Adopted Name Council

-Less complicated and easier to remember than chemical names

-Has only 1 generic name

What is a drug's trade name? - ANSWER -The drug has a registered trademark; use of the
name restricted by the drug's owner (manufacturer)

-There may be many trade names for the same drug

Identify three methods of classifying drugs - ANSWER 1. How the drug works (mechanism of
action)

2. What it is supposed to treat (Indications)

3. Side effects / adverse effects

Describe what is meant by a drug's mechanism of action - ANSWER How the drug works in
the body and with other components

Differentiate between prescription and non-prescription drugs - ANSWER Prescription: Must
be regulated and supervised by a provider (Ex: Cardiac meds, antibiotics, insulin meds)



Non-prescription: (OTC) Found to be safe / appropriate for use w/o direction from provider (Ex:
antacids, non-opioid analgesics, cold meds)

Describe the phases of new drug development - ANSWER Chemical - Lab, Test purity

Biological - On animals

Clinical - (human) Phase 1,2,3

New Application - Phase 4

Describe how state practice acts relate to the administration of drugs - ANSWER In civil court,
nurses can be prosecuted for giving the wrong drug, dose or route

Describe the nurses' role as it relates to controlled substances - ANSWER Scheduled drugs
require record keeping & storage

Double locked & counted (beginning & end of shift)

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