NSC 232- Exam 2 Questions And Answers Rated 100% Correct!!
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Course
NSC 232
Institution
NSC 232
drug actions - ️️Mechanism of action
Therapeutic effect
Side effects
Adverse effects
Mild to severe reactions (anaphylaxis-life threatening)
Drug interactions
Pharmacokinetics
legislation and standards for non parental medication - ️️Pure Food and Drug Act
1906
U.S. Food and Drug A...
NSC 232- Exam 2
drug actions - ✔️✔️Mechanism of action
Therapeutic effect
Side effects
Adverse effects
Mild to severe reactions (anaphylaxis-life threatening)
Drug interactions
Pharmacokinetics
legislation and standards for non parental medication - ✔️✔️Pure Food and Drug Act
1906
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Institutional policies
Official government agency
NPA
medication - ✔️✔️substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment, or relief of
a symptom or for prevention of disease
Can patients refuse medication? - ✔️✔️They monitor testing, approval, and distribution
of drugs
nurse practice act. There are certain medications that you can give based on your
certificate. Comply with the policies of the facility that you work at. Policy on how far
apart you can give your medication.
YES, sometimes they have that right, and other times they may not. It depends on if
they can make those decisions for themselves or not
chemical name - ✔️✔️The name that describes the chemical composition and
molecular structure of a drug.
generic name - ✔️✔️cheapest form of the medication example: aspirin
trade name - ✔️✔️name given by manufacture that is copyrighted. Assigned when
drug is made
,what types of doses are there? - ✔️✔️stock dose (big bottle of aspirin)
unit dose (capsules in the individual package)
Dispensing of Medications: Controlled Substances - ✔️✔️Kept under lock
Documentation requirements
Counts of controlled substances
what is the procedure for discarding non parental medication that you didnt use? -
✔️✔️must have 2 nurses to witness
what is *KASPER*? - ✔️✔️Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting law
*Health care providers that administer prescriptions for narcotics must comply
what are the different sources of medication? - ✔️✔️Printed materials
People
Computer-based resources
drug actions (mechanism of action) - ✔️✔️the processes involved in the interaction
between a drug and body cells
drug actions (therapeutic effect) - ✔️✔️The intended effect of medication
drug actions (adverse effect) - ✔️✔️true allergy to medications
* can have mild or severe reactions
drug actions (drug interaction) - ✔️✔️one medication can help the effect of the other
four parts of pharmacokinetics - ✔️✔️absorption, distribution, biotransformation,
excretion
Absorption - ✔️✔️point of entry until it gets into blood stream about 40 minutes
Distribution - ✔️✔️begins with absorption until medication arrives at desired point/site
Biotransformation - ✔️✔️the process of inactivating and breaking down of medication
Excretion - ✔️✔️the movement of med from point of breaking down, back into
circulation and then transported out of body
*happens in the kidneys, sweat. GI tract, respiratory system
, drug tolerance - ✔️✔️Need increasing doses to maintain therapeutic effect
What do you document after administering a medication/drug? - ✔️✔️Date and time of
order
Medication name
Dose of medication
Route of administration- oral? Injectable? Rectal?
Frequency of administration
Signature of provider (physician, Advanced Nurse Practitioner)
Types of Medication Orders - ✔️✔️Stat order
Single order
Standing order
PRN order
STAT order - ✔️✔️single order carried out immediately
Single order - ✔️✔️Medication that is to be given only once, and at a specific time,
such as a preoperative order.
standing order - ✔️✔️routine basis
PRN order - ✔️✔️"as needed" order for medication
Oral (sublingual & buccal) - ✔️✔️under tongue
side of mouth, cheek area
Enteric coated medication - ✔️✔️-a coating designed to pass through the stomach
unaltered and disintegrate in the intestines
-Do not crush!
Routes of Non-Parenteral Medication Administration - ✔️✔️-topical (only affect area
which applied)
-rectal
-vaginal
-transdermal
-inhalation
-ophthalmic
-otic
-nasal
What are the 6 rights of medication administration? - ✔️✔️right patient
right dose
right time
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