TERMINOLOGIES IN INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY

Question 1

Chemical that can affect living processes

Answer 1

drug

Question 2

study of drugs and their interaction with living things which encompasses the physical, and chemical properties , biochemical and physiologic effects

Answer 2

PHARMACOLOGY

Question 3

the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent or treat disease

Answer 3

PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS

Question 4

study of drugs in human for patients and healthy volunteers

Answer 4

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Question 5

Give the 6 properties of an ideal drug

Answer 5

Effectiveness, safety , selectivity, reversible action , predictability , ease of administration

Question 6

A drug that elicits the responses for which it is given

Answer 6

Effectiveness

Question 7

5 rights of medication administration

Answer 7

right time , right dose , right route , right drug , right patient

Question 8

making decisions in their own best interests, right to self-determination

Answer 8

autonomy

Question 9

requires that the selection of research subjects be fair.

Answer 9

justice

Question 10

duty to protect research subjects from harm

Answer 10

Beneficence

Question 10

proprietary name, chosen by the drug company and registered as trademark .

Answer 10

Brand name

Question 11

nonproprietary name, not owned by any company and universally accepted

Answer 11

Generic name

Question 12

describes the drug’s chemical structure

Answer 12

Chemical name

Question 12

Medication prescriptions are written in the chart by the provider or nurse who takes a verbal or telephone prescription

Answer 12

telephone order

Question 13

SAFER MEANS

Answer 13

S–speak up A -ask questionsF–find the factsE–evaluate your choicesR –read labels

Question 14

give at least 3 of over the counter drug (otc)

Answer 14

1.Read the instructions on the label
2.Do not take for a longer time or higher doses than the label states
3.Each person’s response may be different
4.Avoid buying online
5.Do not guess dosing for children

Question 15

PRN means

Answer 15

medication order in which the nurse has discretion regarding when to give the drug and in some case, how much to give

Question 16

Transmission of medications from the location of administration to the bloodstream

Answer 16

absorption

Question 17

Drugs act within the body to mimic the actions of the body’s own chemical messengers

Answer 17

Pharmacodynamics

Question 18

Describes the relationship between the therapeutic dose of the drug and the toxic dose of a drug

Answer 18

THERAPEUTIC INDEX