NUR 334 Exam 1 Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe | Questions with 100% Verified Answers | Latest Update

NUR 334 Exam 1 Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe | Questions with 100%
Verified Answers | Latest Update
Question: What is the nurses role in medication administration?
Answer:
administering meds safely using the 6 rights of medication administration

Question: What are the 6 rights of med admin?
Answer:
Right Medication, Dose, Time, Route, Patient, and Documentation.

Question: what are the 4 additional rights of med admin?
Answer:
right assessment, right to refuse, right evaluation, and right education

Question: What are the most common complementary/alternative medications?
Answer:
st. john's wart for depression valerian root for insomnia ginger for nausea

Question: What does it mean when a medication is used off label?
Answer:
it is used to treat an illness other than that it was intended for, but is still effective

Question: what is the off label use for metformin?
Answer:
polycystic ovarian syndrome

Question: what is the off label use for diphenhydramine?
Answer:
sleep aid

Question: What is the difference between a generic name and a trade name?
Answer:
- The drug trade name is sometimes called the proprietary name, suggesting ownership.
- a generic name does not have to contain the same inactive ingredients, but it does have the same active
ingredient and has the same effect when taken the same way

Question: what is the first pass effect?

, Answer:
The metabolism of a drug and its passage from the liver into the circulation which results in the med
being not nearly as strong as if the same dose were to be administered through a parenteral route

Question: What are the categories of teratogenic drugs?
Answer:
- A: safest category of drugs, have shown to pose no threat to a fetus during the first trimester of
pregnancy
- B: either no human studies have been conducted yet but animal studies show no risk OR human studies
show no risk but animal studies show risk
- C: no studies have been conducted on the safety OR animal studies indicate possible risk but no human
studies have been done
- D: benefits of these drugs to mothers may outweigh the risks, there is evidence that they may harm a
fetus; ONLY PRESCRIBED IF NO OTHER OPTION AND MOTHER'S LIFE IS AT STAKE
- X: shown in both human and animal studies to pose a serious risk to a fetus, or there is data from actual
pregnancies that indicate this risk

Question: What is the difference between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics?
Answer:
- kinetics = what the body does to the drug
- dynamics = what a drug does to the body

Question: what does the term bioavailability mean?
Answer:
physiological ability of the drug to reach its target cells and produce its effect

Question: What is the difference between a drug allergy and a drug intolerance?
Answer:
- allergy = life- threatening (includes mild systemic reactions that can indicate a larger reaction
developing with further exposure)
- intolerance = uncomfortable but not life threatening reaction (severe n/v/d)

Question: what is the difference between potency and efficacy?
Answer:
- potency: the amount of drug needed to reach 50% of the maximum effect
- efficacy: the ability of a drug to produce the max effect

Question: What are nursing interventions for adverse drug reactions?
Answer: