Pharmacology Exam 1: Chapters 1-9 Study Guide Questions With Solved Solutions.
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NURS 8024
Institution
NURS 8024
The Nursing Process - Answer a research -supported organizational framework for professional nursing practice
5 Steps of nursing process - Answer Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed ...
Pharmacology Exam 1: Chapters 1-9
Study Guide Questions With Solved
Solutions.
The Nursing Process - Answer a research -supported organizational framework for professional nursing
practice
5 Steps of nursing process - Answer Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed and requesting pain
medication. What will the nurse do first? - Answer ACCESS the pt's pain and pain level. (Assessment is
ALWAYS 1st)
The "Rights" of Medication Administration - Answer Right drug, right dose, right patient, right route,
right time, right reason, right documentation
A nurse makes an error when administering medications to a patient. Which action by the nurse requires
the supervising nurse to intervene? - Answer The nurse records completion of an INCIDENT REPORT in
the medical record.
Drug definition - Answer any chemical substance that is capable of affecting a physiologic process
through a mechanical process
Chemical name
Generic name
, Trade name - Answer describes drug's chemical composition & molecular structure
name given by the U.S Adopted Names Council
registered trademark (company drug name)
Prototypical drugs - Answer first drug in a class of drugs
Pharmaceutics - Answer HOW we get the drug into our body
liquid, capsule, powder, IV, etc.
Pharmacokinetics - Answer WHAT the body does to the drug
Pharmacodynamics - Answer WHAT the drug does to the body
Bioavailability - Answer how much of the drug gets into the bloodstream
First pass effect - Answer can be good or bad
large first pass= liver will metabolize it to nothing and smaller amount will be bioavailable
Transdermal drug
Topical drug - Answer -will leach out over time after applied, will get into bloodstream and go
EVERYWHERE
-apply right where it hurts, reacts LOCALLY
half-life - Answer time required for half of a given drug to be removed from the body
ex) 100mg -> 50mg -> 25mg
The nurse is giving a medication that has a high first-pass effect. The health care provider has changed
the route from PO to IV. What can the nurse expect with the IV dose? - Answer The IV dose will be
lower because of the first-pass effect.
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