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SCSU NUR 343 EXAM I 2024/2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
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SCSU NUR 343 EXAM I 2024/2025 WITH100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
What is allodynia? - Precise Answer ✔✔Patient is perceiving pain from something that does not cause
pain
i.e. barely touching someone and they cry out in pain
What is an *adverse* effect? - Precise Answer ✔✔An effect that is not intended for a drug dose. An
example would be anaphylactic shock
How would you teach a patient about internet pharmacies? - Precise Answer ✔✔Inform the patient that
no website is official without the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy approval. Most sights are
not secure, do not post their physical location on the website, provide controlled substance meds, and
offer foreign or non-FDA approved meds
Give an example of "alter cell function" - Precise Answer ✔✔The slowing growth of pathogens
Give an example of receptor "binding" - Precise Answer ✔✔Morphine binding to Mu receptors to
increase pain relief
What is an *agonist* drug? - Precise Answer ✔✔Drug that works with the normal activity of the body
Give an example of an "agonist" drug - Precise Answer ✔✔Morphine-pain relief
What is an *antagonist* drug? - Precise Answer ✔✔Drug that works against the normal activity of the
body
Give an example of an "antagonist" drug - Precise Answer ✔✔Narcan reverses morphine effect
What is a *teratogenic* drug? - Precise Answer ✔✔Drug that causes fetal abnormalities
, Which trimester is the most dangerous for drugs? - Precise Answer ✔✔The first trimester is the most
dangerous for drugs, but some drugs can affect the fetus all the way up to birth
What is drug tolerance? - Precise Answer ✔✔Higher or more frequent dosage required for effect
What is the *onset* of a drug? - Precise Answer ✔✔Time needed to reach minimum effective serum
concentration
What is a *peak*? - Precise Answer ✔✔Highest serum concentration
What is a *trough*? - Precise Answer ✔✔Lowest serum concentration
When is the *trough* at its lowest point? - Precise Answer ✔✔Right before another dose is given
What is a *loading dose*? - Precise Answer ✔✔A technique used to fill up receptors quickly by giving a
daily dose every 6 hours. Initial dose fills binding sites
What is a *therapeutic range*? - Precise Answer ✔✔Range between effective dose and toxic dose
What is *polypharmacy*? - Precise Answer ✔✔When multiple drugs are taken, usually occurs in those
that are 65 and older
Roughly, how many drugs do the elderly take at "home"? - Precise Answer ✔✔They take 4 to 6 drugs
daily, having a 50% chance of side effects
Roughly, how many drugs do the elderly take at the "hospital"? - Precise Answer ✔✔They take 8 to 10
drugs daily, having an 100% chance of side effects
Roughly, how many drugs do the elderly take at a "long term care" facility? - Precise Answer ✔✔They
take 10 to 12 drugs daily, having an 100% chance of side effects
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