Nursing - Pharmacology
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- What are the metric and household measurement of medications?
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Metric - mg, g, mL
Household - T, t, drops, cups - What is the expected physiological response to medication?
- Therapeutic effect
- What is the sequence of medication pharmacokinetics?
- Site of administration -> Absorption -> Circulation -> Distribution -> Metabolism -> Excretion
- Which three medication routes involve giving medication in the mouth?
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po, sl/subl, buccal
[Oral, sublingual, buccal] - Where are medications excreted?
- kidneys, liver, bowels, lungs, execrine glands
- What is the study of how medications enter the body, reach the site of action, are metabolized, and exit the body?
- Pharmacokinetics
- Where are medications metabolized?
- liver, lungs, kidneys, intestines
- What is meant by medication interaction?
- when one drug modifies the action of another; also, one drug may potentiate the action of another
- What is the definition of a solution?
- a given mass of solid substance in a known body of fluid or a fluid dissolved in a fluid
- What is the medication route of administration that involves a needle?
- parental
- Why is body surface important to medication absorption?
- The SI and skin have more surface area than the stomach, this potentially can provide greater opportunity for absorption of the medication
- What is the use of drugs that are used to prevent, dx, and cure disease processes or to relieve s/s?
- Drug therapy
- When medication is given in the eyes, this is called:
- Intraoccular
- What is the study of drugs that alter the fxn of living organisms?
- Pharmacology
- What is meant by an allergic reaction from medication?
- an unpredictable, mild or severe reaction; possibly could lead to anaphylactic shock or reaction.
- When bacitracin is placed on a cut on the skin, this called what type of medication?
- Topical medication - on the skin
- What is the time it takes for excretion to lower the serum medication concentration of a drug in the blood stream by half ?
- Serum Half Life
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Which of the following is the predicted, unintended secondary effect of medication?
Side, Adverse, Toxic or Idiosyncratic effect - Side effect
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Which of the following is a severe and unpredicated response to medication?
Side, Adverse or Toxic effect - Adverse effect
- If medication is enteric coated, it is made to dissolve in the _________ .
- Small Intestine
- What is meant by a drug is therapeutically useful?
- It enters the body, is absorbed and distributed to cells, tissue, or specific organ, and alters their physiological fxn
- What is the toxic effect of taking a medication?
- the effect that may develop after taking the medication for a prolonged time due to an accumulation of the medication in the bloodstream
- Which medication routes involve the nose?
- Inhalation, Intranasalar
- Where is medication absorbed the fastest?
- sublingually - under the tongue
- What is the absorption of medication?
- the passage of molecules in the blood from the site of administration