NURS 3100 Exam 1 Practice

Which approach is being used by an instructor who indicates that knowing heparin will facilitate learning the many anticoagulants?

1. Generic Drug Approach

2. Mechanism of Action Approach

3. Prototype Drug Approach

4. Trade Name Approach

The correct answer is: Generic Drug Approach

The correct answer is the Generic Drug Approach. This approach involves grouping drugs based on their generic names, which helps students understand drug classes and similarities among drugs. By knowing heparin, which is a common anticoagulant, students will be able to generalize their knowledge to other anticoagulants based on their generic names and similar characteristics. This approach allows for easier identification and understanding of drug classes without needing to memorize each individual drug. The other options are not the best fit for this scenario: - Mechanism of Action Approach focuses on understanding how a drug works physiologically. - Prototype Drug Approach involves studying a well-known drug in a particular class to understand the characteristics of other drugs in the same class. - Trade Name Approach focuses on learning drugs based on their brand names rather than generic names.