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Pharmacology Midterm Test Bank 1 Questions and Answers |100% Pass What is the name under which a drug is listed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? - Answer-Official Which source contains information specific to nutritional supplements? - Answer-United States Pharmacopoeia/National...

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Pharmacology Midterm Test Bank 1
Questions and Answers |100% Pass

What is the name under which a drug is listed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? -

Answer✔✔-Official


Which source contains information specific to nutritional supplements? - Answer✔✔-United States

Pharmacopoeia/National Formulary (USP NF)


is the most comprehensive reference available to research a drug interaction? - Answer✔✔-Drug

Interaction Facts


The physician has written an order for a drug with which the nurse is unfamiliar. Which section of the

Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) is most helpful to get information about this drug? - Answer✔✔-Brand

and Generic Name section


Which online drug reference makes available to health care providers and the public a standard,

comprehensive, up-to-date look up and downloadable resource about medicines? - Answer✔✔-

DailyMed


Which legislation authorizes the FDA to determine the safety of a drug before its marketing? -

Answer✔✔-Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1938)


Meperidine (Demerol) is a narcotic with a high potential for physical and psychological dependency.

Under which classification does this drug fall? - Answer✔✔-II



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What would the FDA do to expedite drug development and approval for an outbreak of smallpox, for

which there is no known treatment? - Answer✔✔-Fast track the investigational drug.


Which statement is true about over-the-counter (OTC) drugs? - Answer✔✔-They are sold without a

prescription.


Which is the most authoritative reference for medications that are injected? - Answer✔✔-Handbook on

Injectable Drugs


The nurse is administering Lomotil, a Schedule V drug. Which statement is true about this drug's

classification? - Answer✔✔-Abuse potential for this drug is low.


The nurse is transcribing new orders written for a patient with a substance abuse history. Choose the

medication ordered that has the greatest risk for abuse. - Answer✔✔-Lortab


An older adult experiencing shortness of breath is brought to the hospital by her daughter. While

obtaining the medication history from the patient and her daughter, the nurse discovers that neither has

a list of the patient's current medications or prescriptions. All the patient has is a weekly pill dispenser

that contains four different pills. The prescriptions are filled through the local pharmacy. Which

resource(s) would be appropriate to use in determining the medication names and doses? - Answer✔✔-

Physicians' Desk Reference, Section 4


Senior citizens' center


Patient's home pharmacy




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The nurse planning patient teaching regarding drug names would include which statement(s)? -

Answer✔✔-The official name is the name under which the drug is listed by the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration (FDA).


Brand names are easier to pronounce, spell, and remember.


The first letter of the generic name is not capitalized.


When categorizing, the nurse is aware that which drug(s) would be considered Schedule II? -

Answer✔✔-Percodan


Amphetamines


The nurse assesses hives in a patient started on a new medication. What is the nurse's priority action? -

Answer✔✔-Notify physician of allergic reaction.


The nurse administers an initial dose of a steroid to a patient with asthma. Thirty minutes after

administration, the nurse finds the patient agitated and stating that "everyone is out to get me." What is

the term for this unusual reaction? - Answer✔✔-Idiosyncratic reaction


Which is the best description of when drug interactions occur? - Answer✔✔-On the alteration of the

effect of one drug by another drug


What occurs when two drugs compete for the same receptor site, resulting in increased activity of the

first drug? - Answer✔✔-Displacement


What do drug blood levels indicate? - Answer✔✔-They determine if the amount of drug in the body is in

a therapeutic range.




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