UNDERSTANDING-PHARMACOLOGY-ESSENTIALS-FOR-MEDICATION-SAFETY-2ND-EDITION-BY-WORKMAN-LACHARITY-TEST-BANK

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Chapter 01: Drug Regulation, Actions, and Responses
Understanding Pharmacology: Essentials for Medication Safety, 2nd Edition Workman & LaCharity
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
BASIC CONCEPTS
1.
Which health care professional has the major responsibility for dispensing prescribed
drugs under the direction of a pharmacist?
a. Physician
b. Nurse practitioner
c. Licensed nurse
d. Pharmacy technician
ANS: D
The physician and nurse practitioner have the major responsibility for prescribing drugs, not
dispensing them. The licensed nurse has the primary responsibility for administering drugs,
although under some circumstances a licensed nurse may dispense prescribed drugs but this is
not his or her major responsibility in drug therapy. The pharmacy technician has the major
responsibility of dispensing prescribed drugs under the direction of a licensed pharmacist.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering
2.
REF: p. 3
Which term describes the effect of a drug that improves body function?
a. Side effect
b. Intended action
c. Adverse reaction
d. Idiosyncratic response
ANS: B
The purpose of drug therapy is to take a drug to prevent, reduce, or correct a health problem.
This response is any drug’s intended action also known as a therapeutic response.