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NSC 232 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024/2025
medication

→ substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment, or relief of a symptom or for
prevention of disease


Dispensing of Medications: Controlled Substances


→ Kept under lock
→ Documentation requirements
→ Counts of controlled
→ substances
→ Procedures for discarding
→ 2 nurses to witness


KASPER

→ Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting" law
→ *Health care providers that administer prescriptions for narcotics must comply


Legal Aspects of Administering Medications

→ Nursing practice acts
→ Responsibility for actions
→ Question any order that appears unreasonable
→ Refuse to give the medication until the order is clarified


sources of information

→ printed materials, people, computer-based resources


Drug Actions; Mechanism of action

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→ Mechanism of action is the change the medication causes changes in body to produce
desired effect


generic name of medication

→ what was assigned to the drug during 1st manufactured


trade name

→ brand name


Drug actions; Therapeutic effect

→ intended effect of medication


side effects


→ unintended effects ex) constipation, drowsiness, NOT NEGATIVE effects


Adverse effects

→ when side effects are negative. can be mild or severe


mild to severe reactions:

→ anaphylaxis-life threatening


drug interactions


→ the way drugs interact with eachother


pharmocokinetics




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→ activity of medication in body from time in and time excreted


absorption


→ transference of drug molecules from point of entry until it gets in bloodstream


distribution

→ begins from time of absorption and ends when it gets to site of action


biotransformation

→ process of breaking down meds. (metabolism)


excretion


→ movement of meds from metabolism to excretion


drug allergy

→ immunologic reaction to drug.
→ there can be mild to severe reactions


drug tolerance

→ need increasing doses to maintain therapeutic effect


drug interaction


→ one drug effecting another


Components and Processing

of Medication Orders

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→ Date and time of order
→ Medication name
→ Dose of medication
→ Route of administration
→ Frequency of administration
→ Signature of provider (physician, Advanced Nurse Practitioner)


KNOW MILITARY TIME





standing orders

→ routine basis


PRN orders

→ as necessary


single orders

→ one time only; preoperative, pre-procedure orders


stat orders


→ statim: immediately


sublingual administration of drug

→ under tongue


buccal administration of drug



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