Nursing 2047 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. Which of the following are possible side effects from hormone replacement therapy? Think cancer and heart issues 2. The nurse notes an order for insulin to be administered intravenously. The nurse recognizes that which insulin is the only type that can safely be administered intravenously? What insulin can be given IV - regular 3. After taking bimatoprost (Lumigan) eye drops for 2 months, a patient states that her eye color has changed and her lashes are more beautiful than ever. She st...

Insulin: DM 1, DM 2, Gestational Diabetes – HYPOGLYCEMIA IS A DANGEROUS ADVERSE EFFECT AND HIGH PRIORITY FOR TREATMENT o What types of insulin are ordered before meals and at bedtime? Lispro and Regular; Lantus (hs, not with meals) Why? SUGAR DROPS OVERNIGHT and this can be DANGEROUS so NO NPH at bedtime o What type of insulin is sometimes given at bedtime, has the longest duration of all the insulins, CANNOT BE MIXED WITH OTHER INSULINS, and for elderly patients is often split into two ...

Pharmacology Exam 1 Study Guide/Pharmacology Exam 1 Study Guide/Pharmacology Exam 1 Study Guide.

• Drugs that PRODUCE a response? o Agonist • Drugs that PREVENT a response? o Antagonist • Therapeutic WINDOW is what? o Level of the drug between minimal effective concentration in the plasma for obtaining desired drug response and the minimal toxic concentration • The time it takes for ½ of the drug concentration to be eliminated from the body is called? o Half life • What is a patient on two highly protein bound drugs at risk for o Accumulation and toxicity o A d...

NUR 2047 Pharmacology Final Study Guide 1 Updated Final Exam Study Guide Digoxin discharge teaching, what must a client know how to do? TAKE THEIR PULSE, 0.5-2.0 NORMAL THERAPEUTIC DOSE, HOLD MEDS IF PULSE IS UNDER 60, IF LEVEL IS NOT THERAPUETIC ADJUST THE DOSE. What is main thing you need to ‘assess’ while on digoxin? PULSE^^^ How to monitor and interpret labs for potassium wasting diuretics (HCTZ). Know Normal potassium ranges. 3.5-5.0 IS NORMAL Nursing interventions-should...

NURSING 2047 - PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE. / NURSING 2047 - PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE.

Pharmacokinetics : (what we do to drugs) the process of drug movement throughout the body that is necessary to achieve drug action. INCLUDES 4 PROCESSES: Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion.

NURSING 2047-Pharmacology Exam 1 Study Guide. Questions and Answers PHARMACOLOGY EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE  Drugs that PRODUCE a response? o Agonist  Drugs that PREVENT a response? o Antagonist  Therapeutic WINDOW is what? o Level of the drug between minimal effective concentration in the plasma for obtaining desired drug response and the minimal toxic concentration  The time it takes for ½ of the drug concentration to be eliminated from the body is called? o Half life  Wh...

NURSING 2047 Pharmacology / NURSING 2047 Pharmacology

Exam (elaborations) NURSING 2047 (NURSING2047) (NURSING 2047 (NURSING2047)) Pharmacology Exam 1 Study Guide.