Author Question: A nurse correctly understands that the name assigned to a drug by the U.S. Adopted Name Council ... (Read 34 times)

colton · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse correctly understands that the name assigned to a drug by the U.S. Adopted Name Council (USANC) is the drug's

1. Chemical name.
2. Generic name.
3. Brand name.
4. Proprietary name.

Question 2

A patient asks the nurse when a brand-name medication that the patient is taking will be available as a generic. The nurse correctly responds that a drug can be manufactured, sold, and prescribed as a generic drug approximately ____ after it was patented.

1. 3 years.
2. 5 years.
3. 10 years.
4. 15 years.