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NSG124/ NSG 124 Final Exam: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Pharmacology Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A – Herzing Q: What can happen when there is a abrupt discontinuation of phenytoin? Answer: - seizures, withdrawal epilepsy Q: A client who has been taking meds for seizure disorder is asking about the nurse getting pregnant, what is the correct response from nurse? Answer: Antiseizure meds are tatrogenic Q: The nurse is caring for a client w...

What are System Independent Parameters? - ANSWER-Affinity Efficacy What are the parts of a system that are identified as System Dependent Parameters? - ANSWER-Number of receptors Cellular machinery Presence of other drugs - Competitive - Noncompetitive Affinity is - ANSWER-Thermokinetic propensity of drug to bind to receptor Based largely on ΔG Efficacy is - ANSWER-Magnitude of change of receptor shape/function upon drug binding Based on atom/atom interactions What i...

Pharmacology: Opioid Agonist & Antagonists 1. What is an Opiate? 2. Example? - correct answer 1. alkaloids derived from opium 2. morphine & codeine What is an Opioid? - correct answer naturally occurring & synthetic compounds which act as agonists or antagonists at opioid receptors Narcotic - correct answer - drug capable of inducing sleep. - Now used in legal context of drugs of abuse Endogenous opioid peptides (3) - correct answer 1. enkephalins 2. endorphins 3, dynorphins 3 ...

A* AQA ENGLISH LITERATURE B ESSAY - 2018 Villains and antagonists in tragedies are wickedly attractive

NURS 251 Pharmacology Final Exam-Portage Learning 1 1. Sublingual: When rapid effect is needed right away Subcutaneous: Destroy or inactivated in the GI Tract Intramuscular: Used for drugs with poor oral absorption Topical: For local effects on skin and eyes Pharmaceutics is the study of how various dosage forms influence the way in which the drug affects the body/ Administration of dosage form, dissolution of drug into body/ manipulating chemical compound. Pharmacokinetics is the st...

ATI Chapter 36: Opioid Agonists and Antagonists Opioid Analgesics - correct answer are medications used to treat moderate to severe pain. Most opioid analgesics reduce pain by attaching to a receptor in the CNS, altering perception and response to pain. Complications Associated with Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics - correct answer 1. Tolerance 2. Physical dependence 3. Addiction (psychological dependence) Opioid Tolerance - correct answer Gradual reduction in the efficacy of the dr...

NSG221/ NSG 221 HESI: (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Mental Health Review| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A – Herzing Q: Codependent Behaviors & Alcohol Abuse Answer: Codependence is a maladaptive coping pattern on the part of family members or others resulting from a prolonged relationship with the person who uses substances. Characteristics of codependence are poor relationship skills, excessive anxiety and worry, compulsive behaviors, and resistance to change. Fami...

A* AQA ENGLISH LITERATURE B ESSAY - 2021 - The mistakes made by tragic protagonists always have terrible consequences for those around them

NU 150 EXAM 1 GALEN COLLEGE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED What is Pharmacology the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems 3 different drug names Generic, Trade, and Chemical Pharmacokinetic phase Activities within body after drug is administered. Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and half life Pharmacodynamic phase what the drug does to the body Half life time required for the body to eliminate 50% of a drug- short life= more frequ...

What are the 6 general principles of psychopharmacological treatment? Safety Tolerability Efficacy Practicality Treatment accessibility Treatment compliance Pharmacokinetics How the drug moves in the body. (ex. Where is it absorbed? How and where is it metabolized? Where is it excreted?) Pharmacodynamics What the drug does to the body. (consider mechanism of action) Define First-generation antipsychotics Referred to as Typical Antipsychotics. Most have strong bond w...