ASIA PACIFIC COLLEGE OF ADVANCED STUDIES

Balanga City, Bataan

NCM 106 Pharmacology

NAME:___________________________________________________ BLOCK: _________

INSTRUCTOR: Ivan Christopher Cruz, RN, RM DATE:___________

I. IDENTIFICATION: Identify what is being asked and write the correct answer on the space provided.
NO ERASURES

_______________________1. It is the name given to a drug by the manufacturer.

_______________________2. It is the study of the effects of drugs on living organisms.

_______________________3. It is the name which describes the constituents of drugs

Precisely.

_______________________4. It is carried out until the specified period of time or until it is

modified by another order.

_______________________5. It is an order that is carried out at once or immediately.

_______________________6. Involves the study of absorption, distribution, metabolism

(biotransformation), and excretion of the drugs

_______________________7. Initial dose that is higher than usually used for treatment

_______________________8. It is the time required for the total amount of drugs to decrease
by 50%.

_______________________9. It is a substance used in the diagnosis ,prevention or treatment

of disease.

______________________10. It deals with the adverse effect of the drug and also the study
of poisons, i.e detection ,prevention and treatment of poisoning.

II. ENUMERATION: Enumerate what is being asked. Write the answer on the space provided. Use the
proper documentation protocol for erasures.

Classification of Anti-infective medication

According to Susceptible Organism
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General Side Effects of Anti-infective

Medications
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Major Side Effects of Anti-Hypertensive

Medications
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General Nursing Consideration for Diuretics

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Contraindication for NSAIDS

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III. Drug Calculation: Compute for the ordered medication to be administered. (2 points each). Write the
solution and correct unit of your answer.

34. A health care provider’s prescription reads amoxicillin, 250mg PO twice daily. The medication label
reads Amoxicillin 1g per tablet scored. The nurses administer how many tablet(s) to the client?

35. Prescription reads Unasyn 500 mg IV Q 8hours after negative skin test. The medication label reads
Unasyn 750mg IV. The nurse administers how many ml of medication to the client if the hospital protocol
for dilution of medication is 5ml/250mg of medication?

IV. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Analyze the problem and choose the best answer among the given choices.
Write your answer on the space provided. NO ERASURES

______36. While teaching a patient about drug therapy for hypertension, you review
the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of medication. Which principle of
pharmacology are you describing?

A. Pharmacokinetics
B. Pharmacodynamics
C. Pharmacotherapeutics
D. Drug potency

______37. Which type of drug therapy is used for a patient who has a chronic
condition that can’t be cured?

A. Empiric therapy
B. Prophylactic therapy
C. Maintenance therapy
D. Supplemental therapy

______38. Which branch of pharmacology studies the way drugs work in living organisms?

A. Pharmacotherapeutics
B. Pharmacokinetics
C. Drug interactions
D. Pharmacodynamics

______39. The Resident doctor ordered, Adrenaline 1mg IV now. You as a nurse
knows that this type of doctor’s order is

A. Standing Order.
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B. PRN Order.
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C. Stat Order.
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______40. The Doctor ordered to give Paracetamol 500mg tablet if the patients
temp. is above 38.5 deg. Celsius. You know that this type of order is?

A. PRN.
B. Stat.
C. Single.
D. Standing.

V. Essay. (5 points each)

Discuss the mechanisms of

action and major side effects of
THREE major classes
of drugs used to treat
gastric/duodenal ulcers.
Discuss the mechanisms of
action and major side effects of
THREE major classes
of drugs used to treat
gastric/duodenal ulcers.
Discuss the mechanisms of
action and major side effects of
THREE major classes
of drugs used to treat
gastric/duodenal ulcers.
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Discuss the mechanisms of
action and major side effects of
THREE major classes
of drugs used to treat
gastric/duodenal ulcers.
Discuss the therapeutic action of the indicated classification of drugs used to treat/control hypertension.

1. ACE inhibitor
2. Calcium Channel Blocker

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