Deck 1: Orientation to Pharmacology

Question 1

What does it mean when a drug is described as easy to administer?

A) It can be stored indefinitely without need for refrigeration.
B) It does not interact significantly with other medications.
C) It enhances patient adherence to the drug regimen.
D) It is usually relatively inexpensive to produce.

Answer 1

It enhances patient adherence to the drug regimen.

Question 2

Before administering a medication, what does the nurse need to know to evaluate how individual patient variability might affect the patient's response to the medication? (Select all that apply.)

A) Chemical stability of the medication
B) Ease of administration
C) Family medical history
D) Patient's age
E) Patient's diagnosis

Answer 2

Family medical history
Patient's age
Patient's diagnosis

Question 3

What are the properties of an ideal drug? (Select all that apply.)

A) Irreversible action
B) Predictability
C) Ease of administration
D) Chemical stability
E) A simple trade name

Answer 3

Predictability
Ease of administration
Chemical stability

Question 4

The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, the nurse will rely on knowledge of:

A) clinical pharmacology.
B) drug efficacy.
C) pharmacokinetics.
D) pharmacotherapeutics.

Question 5

A patient tells the nurse that he was told by the prescriber that the analgesic he is taking is very effective. Which statement by the patient demonstrates an understanding of the drug's effectiveness?

A) "I don't have to worry about toxicity, since it takes a large amount of this drug to cause an overdose."
B) "It has no side effects and doesn't interact with other drugs."
C) "I only have to take it every 12 hours."
D) "It might make me sleepy, and it lessens pain for several hours at a time."