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UTA Pharmacology Exam 1 Prep Questions
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START OF NOTES #1 Nursing Process (ADPIE) - answer✔An organizational framework for
the practice of nursing. It encompasses all steps taken by the nurse in caring for a patient:
Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis (problem or need identification)
Planning (Desired Outcome Identification)
Implementation (Nursing Action)
Evaluation
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) 2005 - answer✔-Stands for Quality and Safety
Education for Nurses
-Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (KSAs) needed to continuously improve the quality and safety
of patient care within the health care system.
Six major initiatives of QSEN:
1. Patient-centered Care
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2. Teamwork
3. Collaboration
4. Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
5. Quality Improvement (QI)
6. Informatics
Assessment - answer✔Data is collected, reviewed, and analyzed from the patient, family, or the
medical record.
Ex. A medication history including allergies and type of reaction, current prescribed
medications, use of OTC medications, herbal remedies, dietary supplements. Current or past use
of alcohol, tobacco products, and street (illicit drugs).
Family history and ethnic origin (these can impact response to medications due to genetic
variance)
Nursing Diagnosis - answer✔Three part statement example: PROBLEM STATEMENT- risk for
injury RELATED TO alpha blocker and diuretic use as EVIDENCED BY orthostatic
hypotension (BP drops when the patient arises too quickly) Different from medical diagnosis
which focuses on the problem Orthostatic hypotension.
Planning - answer✔(desired Outcome Identification) These are what you and the patient together
decide he or she wants to accomplish
Implementation - answer✔Requires all the previous steps. It requires constant communication
with the patient, family members, other healthcare providers. many nursing interventions are
independent.
Evaluation - answer✔evaluation of medication therapy occurs after administration and is a
systematic and ongoing process to assess the therapeutic outcome of the medication and note any
adverse events.
The Big Three - answer✔Proactivity
Communication
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Patient Education
These are just a way of combining the nursing process into three main areas.
Proactivity - answer✔Steps 1-3 & 5 of nursing process
Communication - answer✔with other health care team members (steps 1-5 of the nursing
process.
ISBAR
Checklists- Team Steps
Patient Education (*) - answer✔Informing patients about their health, medicines, etc.
Chapter 1 Vocabulary:
Compliance - answer✔Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed
course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient. Use of compliance versus adherence in this
textbook is supportive of the terms used in the current listing of NANDA-I nursing diagnosis.
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✔Any informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere to or
follow a therapeutic plan or suggestion. Use of noncompliance versus nonadherence in this
textbook is supportive of the terms used in the current listing of NANDA-I nursing diagnosis.
Outcomes - answer✔Descriptions of specific patient behaviors or responses that demonstrate
meeting of or achievement of behaviors related to each nursing diagnosis. These statements are
specific while framed in behavioral terms and are measurable.
Prescriber - answer✔Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate regulatory board to
prescribe medications.
Chapter 2: vocabulary
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Additive effects - answer✔Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or more
drugs with similar actions equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given
alone. For example, 1+1=2 (compare with synergistic effects).
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 an 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.
Antagonist - answer✔A drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more receptors in
the body
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 drug 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 (BBB) - answer✔The barrier system that restricts the [passage of various
chemicals and microscopic entities (e.g., bacteria, virus) between the bloodstream and the central
nervous system. It allows for the passage of essential substances like oxygen. .
Chemical name - answer✔The name that describes the chemical composition and molecular
structure of a drug.
Contraindication - answer✔Any condition, especially one related to a disease state or patient
characteristic, including current or recent drug therapy, which renders a particular form of
treatment improper or undesirable
10/27/2024 1:24 PM
UTA Pharmacology Exam 1 Prep Questions
With Correct Answers
START OF NOTES #1 Nursing Process (ADPIE) - answer✔An organizational framework for
the practice of nursing. It encompasses all steps taken by the nurse in caring for a patient:
Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis (problem or need identification)
Planning (Desired Outcome Identification)
Implementation (Nursing Action)
Evaluation
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) 2005 - answer✔-Stands for Quality and Safety
Education for Nurses
-Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (KSAs) needed to continuously improve the quality and safety
of patient care within the health care system.
Six major initiatives of QSEN:
1. Patient-centered Care
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2. Teamwork
3. Collaboration
4. Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
5. Quality Improvement (QI)
6. Informatics
Assessment - answer✔Data is collected, reviewed, and analyzed from the patient, family, or the
medical record.
Ex. A medication history including allergies and type of reaction, current prescribed
medications, use of OTC medications, herbal remedies, dietary supplements. Current or past use
of alcohol, tobacco products, and street (illicit drugs).
Family history and ethnic origin (these can impact response to medications due to genetic
variance)
Nursing Diagnosis - answer✔Three part statement example: PROBLEM STATEMENT- risk for
injury RELATED TO alpha blocker and diuretic use as EVIDENCED BY orthostatic
hypotension (BP drops when the patient arises too quickly) Different from medical diagnosis
which focuses on the problem Orthostatic hypotension.
Planning - answer✔(desired Outcome Identification) These are what you and the patient together
decide he or she wants to accomplish
Implementation - answer✔Requires all the previous steps. It requires constant communication
with the patient, family members, other healthcare providers. many nursing interventions are
independent.
Evaluation - answer✔evaluation of medication therapy occurs after administration and is a
systematic and ongoing process to assess the therapeutic outcome of the medication and note any
adverse events.
The Big Three - answer✔Proactivity
Communication
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Patient Education
These are just a way of combining the nursing process into three main areas.
Proactivity - answer✔Steps 1-3 & 5 of nursing process
Communication - answer✔with other health care team members (steps 1-5 of the nursing
process.
ISBAR
Checklists- Team Steps
Patient Education (*) - answer✔Informing patients about their health, medicines, etc.
Chapter 1 Vocabulary:
Compliance - answer✔Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed
course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient. Use of compliance versus adherence in this
textbook is supportive of the terms used in the current listing of NANDA-I nursing diagnosis.
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✔Any informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere to or
follow a therapeutic plan or suggestion. Use of noncompliance versus nonadherence in this
textbook is supportive of the terms used in the current listing of NANDA-I nursing diagnosis.
Outcomes - answer✔Descriptions of specific patient behaviors or responses that demonstrate
meeting of or achievement of behaviors related to each nursing diagnosis. These statements are
specific while framed in behavioral terms and are measurable.
Prescriber - answer✔Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate regulatory board to
prescribe medications.
Chapter 2: vocabulary
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Additive effects - answer✔Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or more
drugs with similar actions equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given
alone. For example, 1+1=2 (compare with synergistic effects).
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 an 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.
Antagonist - answer✔A drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more receptors in
the body
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 drug 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 (BBB) - answer✔The barrier system that restricts the [passage of various
chemicals and microscopic entities (e.g., bacteria, virus) between the bloodstream and the central
nervous system. It allows for the passage of essential substances like oxygen. .
Chemical name - answer✔The name that describes the chemical composition and molecular
structure of a drug.
Contraindication - answer✔Any condition, especially one related to a disease state or patient
characteristic, including current or recent drug therapy, which renders a particular form of
treatment improper or undesirable
