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week 2 pharmacology

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Which term describes the study of the effects of drugs in humans? Clinical pharmacology
Which term describes a group of drugs that have similar effects and actions on the body? Drug classification
Which characteristics of a drug are the most important? safety selectivity effectiveness
Which term describes the use of drugs to prevent and treat disease? pharmacotherapeeutics
Which processes are included in pharmacokinetics? Absorption Distribution Metabolism Excretion
Which term describes the process of drug movement throughout the body that is necessary to achieve drug action? Pharmacokinetics
Which term describes the nature and intensity of response once a drug has reached its site of action? Pharmacodynamics
Which factors are used to classify drugs? Therapeutic effect Chemical structure Mechanism of action
A patient asks the nurse what it means when a prescribed drug is described as being “selective.” Which response would the nurse provide? “The drug only elicits the response for which it is given.”
A patient will need to take a hypertension medication daily for an indefinite period. Which factor would be considered to help improve adherence to drug regimen? Drug cost
Which aspect of pharmacology would a nurse pay particular attention to when caring for a patient with kidney dysfunction? Pharmacokinetics
Which pharmacokinetic process is affected when medications are given to a patient who has a history of gastric bypass surgery? Absorption
Which statement by the nurse indicates an understanding of the difference between pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics? “Pharmacodynamics studies what a drug does to the body once it has reached the target site or sites. Pharmacokinetics describes what the body does to a drug in order for a drug action to occur.”
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