Nursing 206 Exam 2 Content BSN 206 Nightingale College Question and answers verified to pass Functions and professional responsibilities of nurses are defined by - correct answer each state's Nurse Practice Act
What must happen for medication to be on the market - correct answer extensive te...
Nursing 206 Exam 2 Content
Functions and professional responsibilities of nurses are defined by - correct
answer ✔each state's Nurse Practice Act
What must happen for medication to be on the market - correct answer
✔extensive testing
What does the FDA do with medication? - correct answer ✔regulate for
safety and distribution
What does the Nurse Practice Act do? - correct answer ✔protect the public
from unskilled, undereducated, and unlicensed personnel
Nurses are responsible for knowing what about medications - correct answer
✔-actions and effects on the body
-policies and regulations governing the safe administration of medications
it is important for nurses to know these things about medications - correct
answer ✔-name
-drug action
-forms
-pharmacokinetics
-therapeutic effects
-side effects
-adverse affects
,The goal of medication is to - correct answer ✔provide the maximum amount
of benefits with the minimum amount of harm
How many names do medications have - correct answer ✔4
What are the four names of medications - correct answer ✔chemical
official name
generic name
trade name
trade name is - correct answer ✔assigned by manufacturer
drugs are - correct answer ✔any substance that alters physiologic function
medications are - correct answer ✔drug used specifically for therapeutic
effect
medications are made in a ______ and come from _____ - correct answer
✔laboratory
plant, mineral, or animal sources
The USP and the NF help to - correct answer ✔protect the public by
identifying medication properties that show an appropriate brand of quality
and purity for medications
controlled substances are - correct answer ✔medications that have
government regulated manufacturing, prescribing, and dispensing
,What Act establishes 5 categories for controlled substances? - correct
answer ✔Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act or Controlled Substance
Act
Who monitors the CSA or Drug Abuse Prevention Control Act - correct
answer ✔the DEA
Rules with controlled substances - correct answer ✔-written record required
-must be documented each time dispensed
-reported inventory to DEA every 2 years
-if throwing portion away, 2 licensed personnel must witness disposal
Health Care facilities regulations must be - correct answer ✔the same or
more strict than federal, state, and local regulations
Pharmokinetics is - correct answer ✔how medications move through the
body
Pharacodynamics is - correct answer ✔how medications interact with the
body
therapeutic effect is seen as - correct answer ✔the desired or intended
action
side effects are - correct answer ✔predictable, unwanted and sometimes
unavoidable reactions
adverse effects are - correct answer ✔serve, unintended, and often
unpredictable reactions
, toxic effect is - correct answer ✔overdose or build up of medication in the
blood due to impaired metabolism
allergic reaction is - correct answer ✔unpredictable immune response to
medication
anaphalactic reaction is - correct answer ✔serve allergic reaction that
requires immediate medical attention
idiosyncratic reaction is - correct answer ✔unpredicted patient response to
medication
medication interaction is - correct answer ✔when drug action is modified by
presence of food or herb or other medication
synergistic effect is - correct answer ✔when combined effect is greater than
the effect of either substance if taken alone
Antagonism is - correct answer ✔when drug effect is decreased by taking
with other substances
Non prescription drugs are referred to as - correct answer ✔over the counter
medication
The FDA _____ over the counter medications relative to ______ and ______ -
correct answer ✔regulates, safety and recommended dosage
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