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Nsg 122 - Exam 3 Questions AndAnswers With Verified Solutions 100%
Correct!!!
complementary health approaches (CHA) - ANSWER✔✔ interventions that can be
used together with conventional medicine as a complement (in addition)
integrative health (IH) - ANSWER✔✔ combination of both mainstream medical
treatments and complementary (alternative) therapies to treat a patient
categories of complementary health approaches - ANSWER✔✔ - mind-body
practices (movement-based, mind-based)
- natural products (herbal remedies)
- other CHAs (lifestyle changes)
mind-body practices - ANSWER✔✔ - deep breathing
- yoga
- chiropractic
- meditation
- massage
- guided imagery
- acupuncture
- exercise
- Qi gong
- Tai chi
,allopathic medicine - ANSWER✔✔ - traditional western medicine
- mind and body are treated separately
pharmacokinetics - ANSWER✔✔ HOW the drug moves throughout the body
pharmacotherapeutics - ANSWER✔✔ WHY a medication is prescribed
pharmacodynamics - ANSWER✔✔ WHAT the medication does to the body
pharmacogenetics - ANSWER✔✔ effect of genetic factors on reactions to drugs
absorption - ANSWER✔✔ how medication is transferred to the blood stream
(route)
distribution - ANSWER✔✔ how the drug is transported throughout the body
metabolism - ANSWER✔✔ - how the medication is processed, change of drug
from original form to inactive or new form
- liver is the main organ for this
excretion - ANSWER✔✔ - how the medication leaves the body
- Ex: sweat, tears, saliva, breast milk, breath
- kidneys are the main organ for this
,peak level - ANSWER✔✔ highest blood level of a drug, obtained about an hour
after the dose
trough level - ANSWER✔✔ lowest blood level of a drug, obtained before the next
dose
half-life - ANSWER✔✔ amount of time it takes for 50% of drug to be removed
from the body
idiosyncratic effect (paradoxical effect) - ANSWER✔✔ unusual response to a drug,
even could be the opposite of the expected response
drug tolerance - ANSWER✔✔ body needs larger doses of medication to achieve
desired effect
toxic effect - ANSWER✔✔ reaction to drug which may cause permanent damage
or death
side effect - ANSWER✔✔ undesired but more tolerable reaction
factors affecting drug action - ANSWER✔✔ - developmental considerations
(premature babies, elderly)
- body weight
- biological sex
- genetic and cultural factors (Ace inhibitors not used frequently with African
Americans)
, - psychological factors
- pathology
- environment (poverty)
- timing
additive effect - ANSWER✔✔ combined effect of two drugs is equal to sum of
each drug given alone (1+1=2)
antagonistic effect - ANSWER✔✔ combined effect of two drugs that is less than
each drug alone or negates each other
therapeutic class - ANSWER✔✔ refers to why the medication is used (ex:
antihypertensive, antibiotic)
parts of a medication order - ANSWER✔✔ - patient's name and secondary
identifier (DOB)
- date and time the order is written
- name of drug to be administered
- dosage of the drug
- route by which the drug is to be administered
- frequency of administration of the drug
- signature of person writing the order
3 checks of medication administration - ANSWER✔✔ - when reaching for the
medication container
- after retrieval from the drawer, verify with eMAR
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