NUR 239 Final 2023 (With complete solution)

Unit 1 correct answers What is a systemic effect? correct answers any medication that is taken orally, IV or injection circulated through the blood stream and then eliminated from the body What is a local effect? correct answers it acts at the sits of application or injury what does the FDA do? correct answers it is a government agency that regulates over the counter medications. Also approves new medications via the 4 stage process What is the 4 stage process correct answers 1: drug given to health care volunteers 2. drug given to a small amount of people with the condition 3. double blind placebo 4. FDA evaluates for effectiveness and continues to monitor What is pharmacokinetics correct answers the moment of drugs within the body What are the parts of pharmacokinetics correct answers absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion Absorption correct answers process that occurs from the time the drug enters the body to the time it enters the bloodstream to be circulated Distribution correct answers involves the transport of drug molecules within the body Metabolism correct answers method by which the drugs are inactivated or biotransformed by the body Excretion correct answers refers to elimination of a drug from the body usually done by the kidneys What is the first pass effect: correct answers some drugs are metabolized in the liver with only a part of the drug dose reaching systemic circulation for distribution tp sites of action. Only a part of the drug is actually used What is the serum half life correct answers the time required for the serum concentration to decrease 50% What is the order for rapid action and response correct answers IV, IM, SUB Q or oral IV goes straight into the blood stream What is an additive effect correct answers when two drugs with the SAME pharmacologic effect are taken together ex. morphine and dilaudid: increased pain relief