Exam 1: NR293 / NR 293 (Latest
Update 2025 / 2026) Pharmacology for Nursing Practice | Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
Question:
Pharmaceutics
Answer:
Study of HOW VARIOUS DRUG FORMS INFLUENCE THE WAY IN WHICH
THE DRUG AFFECTED THE BODY
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Pharmacotherapeutics
Answer:
Clinical use of drugs to prevent and treat diseases
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Question:
Pharmakinetics
Answer:
Study of WHAT THE DRUG DOES TO THE BODY
- Absorption
- Distribution
- Metabolism
- Excretion
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Tolerance
Answer:
Decreasing response to repeated drug class
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Dependence
Answer:
Physiologic or psychological need for a drug
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Physical Dependence
Answer:
Physiologic need for a drug to avoid physical withdrawal symptoms
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Physiological Dependence
Answer:
Also known as addiction; obsessive desire for the euphoric effects of a drug
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Toxicology
Answer:
SCIENCE OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON LIVING
ORGANISMS
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Enteral Route
Answer:
Drug is absorbed into the systemic circulation through THE ORAL OR
GASTRIC MUCOSA OR SMALL INTESTINE
- Oral (PO)
- Sublingual (SL)
- Buccal
- Rectal (topical)
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Parenteral Route
Answer:
- Intravenous (IV - fastest into the blood circulation)
- Intramuscular (IM)
- Subcutaneous
- Can also be intradermal, intraatrial, intrathecal, and intraarticular
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