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NR 293 Exam 1 WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS

Chemical name - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Describes the drug's chemical
composition and molecular structure

Ex: (+/-)-2-(p-isobutylephenyl) propionic acid



Generic name - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Nonproprietary name

-Given by the United States Adopted Names Council

-Used in most official drug compendiums to list drugs

Ex: Ibuprofen



Trade name - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Proprietary name

-The drug has a registered trademark; use of the name is restricted by the drug's
patent owner (usually the manufacturer)

Ex: Motrin, others



____________ determines the rate of drug dissolution - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Dosage form



Drug dissolution - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔dissolving of solid dosage forms and
their absorption from the GI tract



Fastest drug absorption - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Oral disintegration, buccal
tablets, oral soluable wafers

,Slowest drug absorption - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Enteric-coated tablets



Drug absorption from fastest to slowest - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Oral
disintegration, buccal tablets, oral soluable wafers

-Liquids, elixirs, and syrups

-Suspension solutions

-Powders

-Capsules

-Tablets

-Coated tablets

-Enteric-coated tablets



Absorption - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Movement of a drug from its site of
administration into the blood stream for distribution to the tissues



Bioavailablitiy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Extent of drug absorption



Medication routes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Enteral

-Parenteral

-Topical



Enteral - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(GI tract)

-orally vs sublingual and buccal routes, G tube

-First pass effect, variable absorption

,Patenteral - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Intravenous (IV)

-Intramuscular (IM)



Intravenous (IV) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rapid onset

Avoid first pass effect



IV: Nursing considerations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Monitor drug

Check for compatibilities

Monitor IV site



Intramuscular (IM) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Subcutaneously



Topical - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Avoid first-pass effect, except rectal
administration

-Transdermal

-Topical



Transdermal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Deliver constant amount

Slower onset, prolong duration



Patent life - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Length of time from patent approval until
patent expiration

-Normally 17 years in newly discovered drug molecule

, Biosimilar - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Copy version of an already authorized
biological product

-New category of the generic drug market



Therapeutic equivalence - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔One drug in a class of several
drugs is chosen as the preferred agent, even though the drugs do not have the same
active ingredients

-In place due to high cost of drugs

-Both drugs have same therapeutic effect on the body



Drug classification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Drugs are grouped together based on
their similar properties

-Can be classified by structure or therapeutic use



Three basic areas of pharmacology that describe the relationship between the dose of
a drug and the activity of that drug in treating the disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Pharmaceutics

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacodynamics



Pharmaceutics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The study of how various drug forms
influence the way in which the drug affects the body

-Different drug dosage forms have different pharmaceutical properties



Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The study of what the body does to
the drug

-Involves absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion

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