NURS 180 PHARM: Week 1 REVIEW (Guaranteed Pass!)

factors affecting drug response correct answers age, sex, body mass, health status, genetics, drug-to-drug interaction, diet, biorhythmic cycle, drug tolerance routes of medication administration correct answers 1). sublingual 2). oral (swallowed) 3). inhalation 4). parenteral (injection) assess if patient can swallow correct answers nurse responsibility for oral med? teach patient to take a deep breath when using inhaler correct answers nurse responsibility for topical med? check appropriate needle size and assess the patient's injection site correct answers nurse responsibility for parenteral med? steps of nursing process in drug administration correct answers Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Intervention, Evaluation (ADPIE): Prescribe the medication, Verify the medication order, Administer the medication, Monitor and report excipients correct answers substances used in meds that don't have direct medicinal effects; to make chemical stable protein binding correct answers how much of drug in tissues is bound to plasma or tissues prodrug correct answers An inactive drug dosage form that is converted to an active metabolite by various biochemical reactions once it is inside the body. mechanism of drug action correct answers how the drug works inside the body tachyphylaxis correct answers the rapid DECREASE in the response to a drug after repeated doses over a short period of time (can happen within the first dose) CYP3A4 enzyme correct answers Function: helps to oxidize toxins or drugs so it can excrete from the body ethnopharmacology correct answers study of medicine and remedies from different cultures; study of cultural practices Bioavailability correct answers Ability of a drug to reach the bloodstream and its target tissues; amount of drug to cause therapeutic action (After medicine administered, liver destroyed some of drug, and left-over drug is called ________)