Pharmacology and the Nursing Process 9th
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Compliance - answerImplementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed
course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient.
medication error - answerAny preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate
medication use...
Compliance - answer✔✔Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed
course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient.
medication error - answer✔✔Any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate
medication use by a patient or health care professional; it may or may not cause the patient harm.
Noncompliance - answer✔✔An informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere to or
follow a therapeutic plan or suggestion.
Nursing Process - answer✔✔five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves
assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Outcomes - answer✔✔Measurable statements of specific patient behaviors or responses that
demonstrate meeting of or achievement of behaviors related to each patient's human needs
Prescriber - answer✔✔Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate regulatory board
to prescribe medications.
Additive effects - answer✔✔The effect of a combination of two or more drugs with similar
actions is equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone
Adverse drug event - answer✔✔any undesirable occurrence related to administering or failing to
administer a prescribed medication
Adverse drug reaction - answer✔✔any unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive response
to a medication given at therapeutic dosages (as opposed to overdose)
Adverse effects - answer✔✔A general term for any undesirable effects that are a direct response
to one or more drugs.
Agonist - answer✔✔A drug that binds to and stimulates the activity of one or more receptors in
the body.
Allergic reaction - answer✔✔An immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from the
unusual sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication; a type of adverse drug event.
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Antagonist - answer✔✔A drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more receptors in
the body. Antagonists are also called inhibitors.
Antagonistic effects - answer✔✔Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or
more drugs is less than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone (1 + 1
equals less than 2); it is usually caused by an antagonizing (blocking or reducing) effect of one
drug on another.
Bioavailability - answer✔✔A measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug and
route (from 0% to 100%).
Biotransformation - answer✔✔One or more biochemical reactions involving a parent drug;
occurs mainly in the liver and produces a metabolite that is either inactive or active. Also known
as metabolism.
Blood-brain barrier - answer✔✔The barrier system that restricts the passage of various
chemicals and microscopic entities (e.g., bacteria, viruses) between the bloodstream and the
central nervous system. It still allows for the passage of essential substances such as oxygen.
Chemical name - answer✔✔The name that describes the chemical composition and molecular
structure of a drug.
Contraindication - answer✔✔a factor in the patient's condition that makes the use of a
medication or specific treatment dangerous or ill advised
Cytochrome p-450 - answer✔✔The general name for a large class of enzymes that play a
significant role in drug metabolism and drug interactions.
Dependence - answer✔✔A state in which there is a compulsive or chronic need, as for a drug
Dissolution - answer✔✔The process by which solid forms of drugs disintegrate in the
gastrointestinal tract and become soluble before being absorbed into the circulation.
Drug - answer✔✔any chemical that affects the physiologic processes of a living organism
Drug actions - answer✔✔The processes involved in the interaction between a drug and body
cells (e.g., the action of a drug on a receptor protein); also called mechanism of action.
Drug classification - answer✔✔A method of grouping drugs; may be based on structure or
therapeutic use.
Drug effects - answer✔✔The physiologic reactions of the body to a drug. They can be
therapeutic or toxic and describe how the body is affected as a whole by the drug.
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