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Ch.1 – Intro to pharm Pharmacology: the study of medicines Pharmacotherapy: The application of drugs for prevention of treatment Role of the nurse: • Initial Assessment –Do you even need this drug? • Intervention – administering drugs • Reassessment – Did the drug help? Pharmacokinetics: what the body does to the drugs after administered. Pharmacodynamics: what the drug does to the body Therapeutic classification: what is being treated by the drug – the disease. Ex: an...