NR565 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE OVERVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!
APRNs Schedule Prescribing
Answers: DEA license allows prescribing of Schedule 2-5 drugs.
Prescriptive Authority Regulation
Answers: Each state determines and regulates prescriptive authority.
Limited Prescriptive Authority Impact
Answers: Creates barriers to quality, affordable patient care.
Key Prescribing Responsibilities
Answers: Document provider-patient relationship, history, and plan.
Prescribing Decision Factors
Answers: Consider cost, guidelines, availability, interactions, side effects.
Pharmacokinetics
Answers: Study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Pharmacodynamics
Answers: Study of what drugs do to the body.
Physiologic Changes in Older Adults
Answers: Affect drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
, Beers Criteria
Answers: Guidelines for prescribing to patients aged 65 and older.
Polypharmacy
Answers: Using 5 or more medications daily, increasing interaction risks
CYP450 Inhibitors
Answers: Medications slowing down drug metabolism in the liver
CYP450 Inducers
Answers: Medications increasing drug metabolism in the liver
Toxicity
Answers: Harmful effects due to incorrect medication use
Poor Metabolism Phenotype
Answers: Altered drug absorption or metabolism affecting toxicity
FDA Regulation
Answers: Oversees drug safety, approves medications, and issues warnings
Medication Non-adherence Reasons
Answers: Factors like lack of education, affordability, or forgetfulness
Black Box Warnings
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!
APRNs Schedule Prescribing
Answers: DEA license allows prescribing of Schedule 2-5 drugs.
Prescriptive Authority Regulation
Answers: Each state determines and regulates prescriptive authority.
Limited Prescriptive Authority Impact
Answers: Creates barriers to quality, affordable patient care.
Key Prescribing Responsibilities
Answers: Document provider-patient relationship, history, and plan.
Prescribing Decision Factors
Answers: Consider cost, guidelines, availability, interactions, side effects.
Pharmacokinetics
Answers: Study of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Pharmacodynamics
Answers: Study of what drugs do to the body.
Physiologic Changes in Older Adults
Answers: Affect drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
, Beers Criteria
Answers: Guidelines for prescribing to patients aged 65 and older.
Polypharmacy
Answers: Using 5 or more medications daily, increasing interaction risks
CYP450 Inhibitors
Answers: Medications slowing down drug metabolism in the liver
CYP450 Inducers
Answers: Medications increasing drug metabolism in the liver
Toxicity
Answers: Harmful effects due to incorrect medication use
Poor Metabolism Phenotype
Answers: Altered drug absorption or metabolism affecting toxicity
FDA Regulation
Answers: Oversees drug safety, approves medications, and issues warnings
Medication Non-adherence Reasons
Answers: Factors like lack of education, affordability, or forgetfulness
Black Box Warnings