Pharmacy Practice — Lecture Slides.
what are the three main points of the study of pharmacology? - answer-effectiveness, safety, &
selectivity
what is effectiveness? - answer-the most important property a drug can have
what is safety? - answer-the drug must not produce harmful effects
what is selectivity? - answer-the drug should elicit only the response for which it is given
what are three additional properties of an ideal drug? - answer-low cost, ease of administration,
& reversible action
what is the therapeutic objective of pharmacology? - answer-to provide maximum benefit with
minimum harm
what are the four factors that determine drug responses? - answer-administration,
pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, & sources of individual variation
what are the five rights of medication administration? - answer-right person, right drug, right
route, right dose, & right time
what are five other rights of medication administration? - answer-right assessment, right
documentation, right evaluation, right of patient to education, and right of refusal
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