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TEST BANK FOR FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND SKILLS FOR NURSING 6TH EDITION BY PATRICIA A. WILLIAMS /ALL CHAPTERS 1- 41 /COMPLETE GUIDE 2024
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Test Bank Complete For Fundamental Concepts and Skills forNursing 6th Edition Williams | 9780323694766 | All Chapters
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For the patient to receive the full benefit of the drug, nurses must also be aware of ______ that
interfere with the desired uptake or action of the medication - ANSWER: Foods
If a drug causes a false-positive result, then unnecessary and _________ treatment may be
erroneously ordered - ANSWER: Expensive
A drug that causes a false-negative result may lead a primary care provider to ________ a disease
condition - ANSWER: Overlook
Along with physicians and pharmacists, nurses are held ________ ___________ for the safe and
therapeutic effects of the drugs - ANSWER: Legally responsible
To prepare for medication administration, you need to - ANSWER: (1) be able to locate the
information about each drug, (2) consistently calculate drug dosages accurately, (3) devise a method
for consistently using the Six Rights of medication administration, and (4) recognize the nursing
implications (points you need to remember about the drug or teach to the patient) for each drug
administered
A drug's three names - ANSWER: Chemical, generic, and trade name
Classifications may be defined by - ANSWER: The effect of the drug on a body system, the symptoms
the drug relieves, or the drug's desired effect
A drug may also have a variety of __________ and _______ and therefore may belong to more than
one class - ANSWER: Properties, effects
Drugs with the same name _______ often have similar _____________ and are used for the same
type of problem - ANSWER: Ending, characteristics
The nurse's role in drug therapy is to administer an individual dose of a medication at a _________
time - ANSWER: Specified
The form of a drug determines its _____ of administration - ANSWER: Route
The composition of a particular form is designed to ________ it's absorption and metabolism in the
body - ANSWER: Enhance
Many drugs come in many forms such as - ANSWER: Tablets, capsules, ointments, solutions,
suspensions, and suppositories
Physicians' assistants, nurse practitioners, and advanced practice nurses (APNs) prescribe medications
in _____________ with physicians - ANSWER: Collaboration
The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act classifies drug's according to their -
ANSWER: Medical usefulness and their potential for abuse
In a majority of hospitals, Schedule _ and _ drugs are dispensed in limited amounts to the nursing
units, where they are stored in a ______ narcotics drawer, compartment, or automated dispensing
unit - ANSWER: 2, 3, locked
, The licensed nurse is responsible for the security of these medications and must account for each
____ that is used - ANSWER: Dose
A ______ is kept on which the nurse notes each dose that is given, to whom, and when - ANSWER:
Record
A _____-__-___ record accounts for each dose dispensed to the nursing unit - ANSWER: Proof of use
When the contents of the locked narcotics are counted at the change of shift, there should be a
record of each dose _____, a dose of the drug remaining for each __________ line, and the total
_________ - ANSWER: Given, unrecorded, remaining
The completed proof-of-use records are eventually returned to the ________ and must be kept for a
specified time - ANSWER: Pharmacy
_________ __________ units track doses removed by each nurse by computer - ANSWER: Automated
dispensing
An end-of-shift ________ is run to identify any discrepancies, and each week an _________ is taken of
all narcotics - ANSWER: Printout, inventory
Standards for drug quality, purity, packaging, safety, labeling, and dose form were set by the -
ANSWER: Pure Food and Drug Act
For a drug to pass US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and be marketed, it must meet
standards in 5 areas: - ANSWER: Purity, potency, bioavailability, efficacy, and safety
Substances used in the treatment, palliative, diagnosis, cure, and prevention of disease - ANSWER:
Drugs or medications
Cell functions are either __________ or _________ in various ways - ANSWER: Stimulated, depressed
Drugs already in solution, such as oral _______ or __________, are generally absorbed more rapidly -
ANSWER: Liquids, injections
Infants display a _____ tolerance for drugs than children do; this related to the immaturity of organs
needed to detoxify and excrete the drugs - ANSWER: Lower
Distribution to tissues and the cellular site of action depends on the drug's ________ and ________
properties and the patient's physical status - ANSWER: Chemical, physical
An increase in body fat tends to _____ drug distribution - ANSWER: Delay
The rapidity with which concentration at a target site occurs depends on the _____ supply to the site -
ANSWER: Blood
________ membranes also affect the drug distribution - ANSWER: Biologic
The blood-brain barrier is only permeable to ___-_______ drug's, and only these drugs can reach the
brain and cerebrospinal fluid - ANSWER: Fat, soluble
Most drugs bing to protein _______ to some extent - ANSWER: Albumin
The drug with the lower unbound concentration has a _______ ability to bind to available protein,
leaving ____ protein to bind to the other drug - ANSWER: Greater, less
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