TEST BANK FOR UNDERSTANDING PHARMACOLOGY,
ESSENTIALS FOR MEDICATION SAFETY, 3RD EDITION
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1. Which health care professional has the major responsibility for dispensing prescribed m
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edical drugs under the direction of a pharmacist?
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a. Physician
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d Pharmacytechnician gq
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>>>The physician and nursing attendant have the major responsibility for prescribing medical dru
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gs, not dispensing them. The licensed nursing attendant has the primary responsibility for administ
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ering medical drugs, although under some circumstances a licensed nursing attendant maydispense
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prescribed medical drugs but this is not his or her major responsibility in medical drug therapy. The
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pharmacy technician has the major responsibility of dispensing prescribed medical drugs under th
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e direction of a licensed pharmacist.
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2. Which term describes the effect of a medical drug that improves body function?
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a. Side effect gq
b Intended action gq
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c. Adverse reaction gq
d Idiosyncratic response gq
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ACCURATE RESPONSE:-B gq
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>>>The aim of medical drug therapy is to take a medical drug to prevent, lessen, or correct a health p
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roblem. This response is any medical drug’s intended action also known as a therapeutic response.
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3. Which type of medical drug name is “owned” by the company that manufactures it? gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq
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c. Category name gq
d Trade name gq
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>>>The chemical name is a medical drug’s exact chemical composition. The generic name is the n
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ame assigned to the medical drug by the U.S. Adopted Names Council and is not owned by anyone
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,. The category name refers to the type of medical drug (what it does or what it is used for) and is not a
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n actual medical drug name. The trade name (brand name) is the name provided and owned by a sp
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4. Which medical drug or medical drug class is a “high alert” medical drug?
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a. Penicillin
b Insulin
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c. NSAIDs
d Calcium
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>>>A high alert medical drug is one in which harm is likely to result if given at the wrong dose, to th
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e wrong hospital client, or not given to the correct hospital client. Medical drugs classified as high ale
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rt medical drugs include potassium, narcotics (opioids), insulin, cancer chemotherapy medical drug
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s, and heparin (or any medical drug that strongly affects blood clotting). Penicillin, NSAIDs, and ca
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lcium are not considered high alert medical drugs.
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5. What is the term for a medical drug that has the same action as a naturally occurring
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body hormone or enzyme? gq gq gq
a. Agonist
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c. Chemical
d Duplicator
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>>>A medical drug agonist is an extrinsic medical drug that activates the receptor sites of a cell and
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mimics the actions of naturally occurring bodysubstances (intrinsic medical drugs). Ablocking age
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nt is a medical drug antagonist. Achemicalwould not necessarily be a medical drug at all. Aduplicat
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6. Which term describes how the body affects medical drug activity? gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq
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b Pharmacodynamics
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d Pharmacokinetics
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>>>The term pharmacokinetics refers to medical drug metabolism and how the body changes a m
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edical drug. Pharmacodynamics refers to how a medical drug works to change body function. Medi
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cal drug potencyrefers to how strongly or to what degree a medical drug exerts its effects. The ther
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apeutic effect is closer to pharmacodynamics, meaning how a medical drug works to change body
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8. Which factor is a major disadvantage of the transdermal medical drug delivery route? gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq
a. Only a prescriber can administer medical drugs by the transdermal
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route.
b Transdermalmedical drugs must be sterile rather than clean. gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq
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c. First pass medical drug loss by this route is the most extensive.
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d Medical drug absorption is dependent on adequate circulation. gq gq gq gq gq gq gq
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>>>Once a transdermal medical drug moves through the skin, it must enter the bloodstreamto reach i
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ts target tissue. If circulation is poor to the area where the transdermal medical drug is applied, very l
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ittle, if any, of the medical drug will reach its target tissue.
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9. How are intrinsic medical drugs different fromextrinsic medical drugs? gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq gq
a. Intrinsic medical drugs are made bythe body, whereas extrinsic medical drugs are made outside
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b Intrinsic medical drugs are administered bythe parenteral route, whereas extrinsic medical drug
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. s are administered by the oral route.
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