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NURS 180 PHARM: Week 1 REVIEW COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
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NURS 180 PHARM: Week 1 REVIEW COMPLETEQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
factors affecting drug response - ANSWER age, sex, body mass, health status,
genetics, drug-to-drug interaction, diet, biorhythmic cycle, drug tolerance
routes of medication administration - ANSWER 1). sublingual
2). oral (swallowed)
3). inhalation
4). parenteral (injection)
assess if patient can swallow - ANSWER nurse responsibility for oral med?
teach patient to take a deep breath when using inhaler - ANSWER nurse
responsibility for topical med?
check appropriate needle size and assess the patient's injection site - ANSWER
nurse responsibility for parenteral med?
steps of nursing process in drug administration - ANSWER Assessment,
Diagnosis, Planning, Intervention, Evaluation (ADPIE):
Prescribe the medication,
Verify the medication order, Administer the medication, Monitor and report
, excipients - ANSWER substances used in meds that don't have direct medicinal
effects; to make chemical stable
protein binding - ANSWER how much of drug in tissues is bound to plasma or
tissues
prodrug - ANSWER An inactive drug dosage form that is converted to an active
metabolite by various biochemical reactions once it is inside the body.
mechanism of drug action - ANSWER how the drug works inside the body
tachyphylaxis - ANSWER the rapid DECREASE in the response to a drug after
repeated doses over a short period of time (can happen within the first dose)
CYP3A4 enzyme - ANSWER Function: helps to oxidize toxins or drugs so it can
excrete from the body
ethnopharmacology - ANSWER study of medicine and remedies from different
cultures; study of cultural practices
Bioavailability - ANSWER Ability of a drug to reach the bloodstream and its
target tissues; amount of drug to cause therapeutic action (After medicine
administered, liver destroyed some of drug, and left-over drug is called ________)
biologics - ANSWER Substances that produce biologic response within the
body; they're synthesized by cells of human body, animal cells, or microorganisms;
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