Nurs 5334 pharm - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NURS 5334 PHARM MODULE 1 • What are the BON rules and regulations for prescriptive authority for the advance practice nurse? • Texas is very restricted • Describe the pharmacokinetic processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination and how differences in these areas affect drug action. • Absorption • Drug’s movement from the site of administration into the blood. • Distribution • Drug’s movement from the blood into the interstitial space of tissues and from the...

NURS 5334 Pharmacology Module 2 Quiz

other name for benzonatate tessalon what classification is benzonatate (tessalon) antitussive what classification is codeine (generic) antitussive what classification is dextromethorphan (generic) antitussive what classification is hydrocodone (generic) antitussive where are antitussives metabolized? liver where are antitussives excreted urine do antitussives cross placenta and enter breast milk yes what kind of antitussives cross the placenta opioid antitussives all forms of a...

pharmacology study of drugs & their interactions with living systems clinical pharmacology study of drugs in humans Therapeutics (pharmacotherapeutics) the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, treat disease or prevent pregnancy chemical, generic, and proprietary drug names Chemical name = description of the drug using nomenclature of chemistry Generic name/nonproprietary name = less complex, indicates pharmacological class Brand name/trade/proprietary name = the name under which the drug ...

MODULE 1 1. What are the BON rules and regulations for prescriptive authority for the advance practice nurse? 1. Texas is very restricted 2. Describe the pharmacokinetic processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination and how differences in these areas affect drug action. 1. Absorption 1. Drug’s movement from the site of administration into the blood. 2. Distribution 1.Drug’s movement from the blood into the interstitial space of tissues and from there into cells....

NURS 5334 Pharm: Antimicrobial Recall Quiz – Questions And Answers (Complete Set)

MODULE 1 What are the BON rules and regulations for prescriptive authority for the advance practice nurse? It is determined by state law Schedule II meds cannot be prescribed by phone Texas is very restricted Describe the pharmacokinetic processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination and how differences in these areas affect drug action. • Absorption • Drug’s movement from the site of administration into the blood. • Distribution • Drug’s movement from the...

Time Course of Local Anesthesia ■ Onset of local anesthesia ■ The ability of an anesthetic to penetrate the axon membrane is determined by three properties: Before anesthesia can occur, the anesthetic must diffuse from its site of administration to its sites of action within the axon membrane. Anesthesia is delayed until this movement has occurred. The ability of an anesthetic to penetrate the axon membrane is determined by three properties: molecular size, lipid solubility, and degree...

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" adequately summarizes which of the following drug interactions? a. additivity b. antagonism c. potentiation d. synergism - d. synergism A 36 year old man is brought to the emergency department after being involved in a one car motor vehicle accident where the car struck a telephone pole. He is a known chronic alcoholic, he has alcohol on his breath and his blood alcohol level is 300 mg/dl. Which of the following treatments should be giv...

PCN drug-drug interactions - -aminoglycosides -bacteriostatic antibiotics -probenecid Cephalosporin Generation 1 - -cephalexin -cephazolin -cephadoxil Cephalosporin and PCN - Cross allergy w/PCN Carbapenems - not active against MRSA Vancomycin treats - gram positive Vancomycin AE - ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity, red man syndrome Vancomycin main danger - Hosp/vent. pneumonia in pt w/ Crcl less than 50 as it increases mortality Monobactams treats - gram negative aerobic Fosfomycin treat...