Moodle Quiz 1

Your pre administration assessment may include all of the following

Blood Pressure, Baseline renal function. Fasting blood sugar

Each of the following affects how we each respond to a particular drug except

Drug effectiveness

Factors that would encourage a patient to be compliant with their medication regimen include all of the following except

High cost of medication

If a prescriber writes an order that does not make sense, i.e. give a medication orally when a patient is NPO, what should you do? Select one

Hold the medication until you can get clarification from the prescriber

The goals of Phase I of a clinical trial is to evaluate all of the following except

Pharmacotherapeutics

The study of the therapeutic uses and effects of drugs or how a medication works to treat an illness is referred to as

Pharmacotherapeutics

To improve the effect of a certain medication, your patient is instructed to consider non-pharmacological measures. These include

Quitting smoking, Weight loss, Physical activity

Which of the following are the most important properties of an ideal drug?

Safety, Effectiveness, Selectivity

True or False; A medication which produces only the effects for which it is prescribed is considered selective

True