NUR 2474 QUIZ 1 With Correct Answers Graded A+ (10) Characteristics of medications - Answer Effectiveness, Safety, Selectivity, Reversible action, predictability, ease of administration, freedom of drug interactions, low cost, chemical stability, simple generic name Properties of medicines to consider when prescribing to patients - Answer 1. Absorptio n 2. Distribution 3. Metabolism 4. Excretion 5. Half-life 6. 1st pass effect 7. Bioavaila bility 8. Onset 9. Peak 10. Duration Patient specific variabilities affecting response to medications - Answer 1. Bodyw eight and composition 2. Age 3. Diseasess 4. Tolerance Pharmacodynamics - Answer Biochemical changes in the body from a drug. Routes of medication administration - Answer PO, SC, IM, IV, TOPICAL Therapeutic threshold - Answer the amount of drug needed to create a therapeutic effect and the amount of drug needed to reach toxicity. Adverse Reaction - Answer Unintended and harmful reaction from the medication given and can be life threatening. Side effects - Answer Unavoidable secondary drug effect produced at therapeutic doses example: nausea, vomiting Allegic reactions - Answer An immunie response to a drug examples: rash, itching, hives, redness, swelling, bronchospasm or anaphylaxis Toxicity - Answer the degree of detrimental physiologiceffectscaused by excessive drug dosing Paradoxical effect - Answer the opposite of the intended drug response tetratogenic effect - Answer drug induced birth defect physical dependence - Answer body has adapted to drug exposure in such a way t hat an abstinence syndrome will result if drug use is discontinued.
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