NSG 300 Topic 13 Review Questions and Correct Answers
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Course
NSG 300
Institution
NSG 300
MedWatch Program This voluntary program encourages nurses and other health care professionals to use the MedWatch form to report when a medication, product, or medical event causes serious harm to a patient.
chemical medication name provides the exact description of medication's composition ex: N-...
NSG 300 Topic 13 Review Questions and
Correct Answers
MedWatch Program ✅This voluntary program encourages nurses and other health
care professionals to use the MedWatch form to report when a medication, product, or
medical event causes serious harm to a patient.
chemical medication name ✅provides the exact description of medication's
composition
ex: N-acetyl-para-aminophenol
generic medication name ✅the manufacturer who first develops the drug assigns the
name, and it is then listed in the U.S. Pharmacopeia
ex: acetaminophen
trade medication name ✅also known as brand or proprietary name. This is the name
under which a manufacturer markets the medication.
ex: tylenol
Four processes of pharmacokinetics ✅absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
Factors that influence absorption ✅- Route of administration
- Ability of the medication to dissolve
- Blood flow to the site of administration
- Body surface area
- Lipid solubility
distribution depends on ✅Physical and chemical properties of the medication
Physiology of the person taking it
-Circulation
-Membrane permeability
-Protein binding
medications exit the body through... ✅kidney, liver, bowel, lungs, exocrine glands
Which type of medications are excreted through the lungs? ✅Anesthetic gases,
alcohol
The exocrine glands excrete ✅lipid soluble medications
idiosyncratic reaction ✅Over-reaction or under-reaction or different reaction from
normal
, Trough ✅minimum blood serum concentration of medication reached just before the
next scheduled dose
biological half-life ✅which is the time it takes for excretion processes to lower the
amount of unchanged medication by half
when do you administer non- time critical medications ✅within 1 to 2 hours of their
scheduled time
Nurses administer inhaled medications through ✅nasal passages, oral passages, an
endotracheal tube, or a tracheostomy tube
Intraocular medication ✅delivery involves inserting a medication similar to a contact
lens into a patient's eye. The eye medication disk has two soft outer layers that have
medication enclosed in them. The nurse inserts the disk into the patient's eye, much like
a contact lens. The medication remains in the eye for up to 1 week.
solution ✅a given mass of solid substance dissolved in a known volume of fluid, or as
a given volume of liquid dissolved in a known volume of another fluid.
-When a solid is dissolved in a fluid, the concentration is in units of mass per units of
volume (e.g., g/L, mg/mL).
When receiving a now order, the nurse has up to ______ to administer the medication
✅90 mins, given one time
automatic medication dispensing system (AMDS) ✅-AMDSs control the dispensing of
all medications, including narcotics.
-Each nurse accesses the system by entering a security code.
-You select the patient's name and his or her drug profile before the AMDS dispenses a
medication. -In these systems, you are allowed to select the desired medication,
dosage, and route from a list displayed on the computer screen.
Six Rights of Medication Administration ✅1. Right medication
2. Right dose
3. Right patient
4. Right route
5. Right time
6. Right documentation
Medication orders need to contain ✅-patient's fill name
-the date and time that the order is written
-the medication name, the dosage
-the route of administration
-the time and frequency of administration
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