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1. Annursingninstructornisnpreparingnanteachingnplannfornangroupnofnnursingnstudentsnaboutnph
armacology.nWhenndescribingnthisntopic,ntheninstructornwouldnfocusnthendiscussionnonnwh
ichnofnthenfollowingnasnannessentialnaspect?
A) Drugnname
B) Drugnclass
C) Drugnaction
D) Drugnsource
nAns:n CnFeedbac
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Pharmacologynisnthenstudynofndrugsnandntheirnactionnonnlivingnorganisms.nThus,nannessenti
alnaspectnofnpharmacologynisndrugnaction.nAnnunderstandingnofnthendrugnname,ndrugnclass,n
andndrugnsourcenisnimportant,nbutnthenmostncriticalnaspectnrelatedntonpharmacologynisnhown
thendrugnactsninnthenbody.
2. Annursingnstudentnisnpreparingntonadministernanprescribedndrugntonanpatient.nThenstudentnre
viewsninformationnaboutnthendrugnandnitsnactions.nWhichnofnthenfollowingnwouldnbenthenbes
tnchoicenfornobtainingnthisninformation?nSelectnallnthatnapply.
A) Nursingninstructor
B) Nursenassignedntonthenpatient
C) Clinicalndrugnreference
D) Prescribingnhealthncarenprovider
E) Clinicalnpharmacist
nAns:n C,nE
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Althoughnthennursingnstudentncannasknthennursingninstructor,nthennursenassignedntonthenpati
ent,nandnthenprescribingnhealthncarenprovidernforninformationnaboutnthendrug,nthenbestnchoic
esnforndrugninformationnwouldnincludenannappropriatendrugnreferencenandnthenclinicalnphar
macist.
3. Whenndescribingnthenvariousntypesnofnmedicationsntonangroupnofnnursingnstudents,nann
ursingninstructornwouldnidentifynwhichnofnthenfollowingnasnansourcenfornderivingnmed
ications?nSelectnallnthatnapply.
A) Plants
B) Syntheticnsources
C) Mold
D) Minerals
E) Animalsn Ans
:n A,nB,nC,nD,nE
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Medicationsnarenderivednfromnnaturalnsources,nfornexample,nplants,nmolds,nminerals,nandna
nimals,nasnwellnasncreatednsyntheticallyninnanlaboratory.
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4. Whichnofnthenfollowingnnamesnmaynbenassignedntonandrugnduringnthenprocessnofnd
evelopment?nSelectnallnthatnapply.
A) Chemicalnname
B) Officialnname
C) Pharmacologicnname
D) Tradenname
E) Nonproprietarynname
nAns:n A,nB,nD,nE
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Throughoutnthenprocessnofndevelopment,ndrugsnmaynhavenseveralnnamesnassignedntonthemn
includingnanchemicalnname,nangenericn(nonproprietary)nname,nannofficialnname,nandnantrade
nornbrandnname.
5. Andrugnmaynbenclassifiednbynwhichnofnthenfollowing?nSelectnallnthatnapply.
A) Thenchemicalntypenofnthendrug'snactiveningredient
B) Thenwaynthendrugnisnusedntontreatnanspecificncondition
C) Thengenericnnamenofnthendrug
D) Thentradennamenofnthendrug
E) Thennonproprietarynnamenofnthendrugn
Ans:n A,nB
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Andrugnmaynbenclassifiednbynthenchemicalntypenofnthenactiveningredientnornbynthenwaynitnisnu
sedntontreatnanparticularncondition.nGeneric,ntrade,nandnnonproprietarynreferntonhownandrugni
snnamed.
6. Angroupnofnnursingnstudentsnarenreviewingninformationnaboutnthenprocessnofndrugndevel
opmentninnthenUnitednStates.nThenstudentsndemonstratenunderstandingnofnthisnprocessn
whenntheynidentifynthatnwhichnofnthenfollowingncategoriesnarenassignednbynthenFoodnand
nDrugnAdministrationntonnewlyn approvedndrugs? nSelectnallnthatnapply.
A) Metabolite
B) Noncontrollednsubstance
C) Prescription
D) Nonprescription
E) Controllednsubstance
nAns:n C,nD,nE
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Oncendrugsnarenapprovednfornuse,nthenFDAnassignsnthendrugntononenofnthenfollowingncateg
ories:nprescription,nnonprescription,norncontrollednsubstance.nMetabolitenrefersntontheninac
tivenformnofnthendrug.nNoncontrollednsubstancenisnantermnthatnisnnotnused.
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7. Whichnofnthenfollowingnwouldnbenmostnimportantnfornthennursentondontonensurenthensafenu
senofnprescriptionndrugsninntheninstitutionalnsetting?nSelectnallnthatnapply.
A) Administeringndrugs
B) Monitoringnclientsnforndrugneffects
C) Prescribingndrugs
D) Evaluatingnclientsnforntoxicneffects
E) Educatingnclients/caregiversnaboutndrugsn
Ans:n A,nB,nD,nE
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Inntheninstitutionalnsetting,nthennurse'snrolentonensurensafenusenofnprescriptionndrugsninclude
snadministeringndrugs,nmonitoringndrugneffects,nevaluatingnforntoxicneffects,nandneducating
nclientsnandncaregiversnaboutndrugs.
8. Thennursenisnhelpingnanclientnreviewnanprescriptionnfromnthenhealthncarenprovider.nWhenne
xaminingnthenprescription,nwhichnofnthenfollowingnwouldnthennursenexpectntonfindndocum
ented?nSelectnallnthatnapply.
A) Namenofnthendrug
B) Dosagenofnthendrug
C) Routenofndrugnadministration
D) Timesnofndrugnadministration
E) Licensednprescriber'snsignaturen
Ans:n A,nB,nC,nD,nE
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Thenprescriptionnmustncontainnthenclient'snname,nthennamenofnthendrug,nthendosage,nthenmet
hodnandntimesnofnadministration,nandnthensignaturenofnthenlicensednhealthncarenprovidernpre
scribingnthendrug.
9. Afternteachingnangroupnofnnursingnstudentsnaboutnnonprescriptionndrugs,nthennursingninstr
uctorndeterminesnthatnthenteachingnwasnsuccessfulnwhennthenstudentsnidentifynwhichnofnth
enfollowing?nSelectnallnthatnapply.
A) Theynrequirenanlicensednhealthncarenprovider'snsignature.
B) Theynarenreferredntonasnover-the-counterndrugs.
C) Theyncannbentakennwithoutnriskntonthenclient.
D) Theynhavencertainnlabelingnrequirements.
E) Theynshouldnbentakennonlynasndirectednonnthenlabel.n
Ans:n B,nD,nE
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Nonprescriptionndrugsnarenoftennreferredntonasnover-the-
countern(OTC)ndrugs.nTheyndonnotnrequirenanprescriptionn(anlicensednhealthncarenprovider's
nsignature)nbutndonnotncomenwithoutnriskntonthenclient.nThenfederalngovernmentnhasnimpose
dnlabelingnrequirementsnofnOTCndrugsnandntheynshouldnonlynbentakennasndirectednonnthenla
belnunlessnundernthensupervisionnofnanhealthncarenprovider.
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