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Chapter 1 -The nursing process and drug therapy
Compliance - Correct Answers-Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's
prescribed course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient.
Goals - Correct Answers-statements that are time specific and describe generally what is to be
accomplished to address a specific nursing diagnosis
medication error - Correct Answers-any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate
medication use by a patient or health care professional; it may or may not cause the patient
harm.
noncompliance - Correct Answers-an informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere
to or follow a therapeutic plan or suggestion.
Nursing Process - Correct Answers-an organizational framework for the practice of nursing. it
encompasses all steps taken by the nurse in caring for a patient: assessment, nursing diagnoses,
planning (with goals and outcome criteria), and evaluation
,outcome criteria - Correct Answers-Descriptions of specific patient behaviors or responses that
demonstrate meeting of or achievement of goals related to each nursing diagnosis. These
statements, as with goals, are verifiable, framed in behavioral terms, measurable, and time
specific. outcome criteria are considered to be specific, whereas goals are broad.
Prescriber - Correct Answers-Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate
regulatory board to prescribe medications.
chapter 2 terms - Correct Answers-Pharmacologic principles
additive effects - Correct Answers-Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two
or more drugs with similar actions is equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same
drugs given alone.
adverse drug event - Correct Answers-any undesirable occurrence related to administering or
failing to administer a prescribed medication
adverse drug reaction - Correct Answers-any unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive
response to a medication given at therapeutic dosages. (as apposed to overdose)
adverse effects - Correct Answers-a general term for any undesirable effects that are a direct
response to one or more drugs
agonist - Correct Answers-a drug that binds to and stimulates the activity of one or more
receptors in the body
allergic reaction - Correct Answers-an immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from the
unusual sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication; a type of adverse drug event
, antagonist - Correct Answers-a drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more
receptors in the body. antagonists are also called inhibitors
antagonistic effects - Correct Answers-drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of
two or more drugs is less than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone;
its usually caused by an antagonizing (blocking ro reducing) effect of one drug on another
Bioavailability - Correct Answers-a measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug
and route (from 0% to 100%)
Biotransformation - Correct Answers-one or more biochemical reactions involving a parent
drug. Bio-transformation occurs mainly in the liver and produces a metabolite that is either
inactive or active. also known as a metabolism
Blood-Brain barrier - Correct Answers-the barrier system that restricts the passage of various
chemicals and microscopic entities (eg bacteria, viruses) between the bloodstream and the
central nervous system. it still allows for the passage of essential substances such as oxygen
chemical name - Correct Answers-the name that describes the chemical composition and
molecular structure of a drug
contraindictation - Correct Answers-any condition, especially one related to a disease state or
patient characteristic, including current or recent drug therapy, that renders a particular form of
treatment improper or undesirable
cytochrome P-450 - Correct Answers-the general name for a large class of enzymes that play a
significant role in drug metabolism and drug interactions
dependence - Correct Answers-a state in which there is a compulsive or chronic need, as for a
drug.
notes in question-answer format 2025. 100% A+
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Chapter 1 -The nursing process and drug therapy
Compliance - Correct Answers-Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's
prescribed course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient.
Goals - Correct Answers-statements that are time specific and describe generally what is to be
accomplished to address a specific nursing diagnosis
medication error - Correct Answers-any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate
medication use by a patient or health care professional; it may or may not cause the patient
harm.
noncompliance - Correct Answers-an informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere
to or follow a therapeutic plan or suggestion.
Nursing Process - Correct Answers-an organizational framework for the practice of nursing. it
encompasses all steps taken by the nurse in caring for a patient: assessment, nursing diagnoses,
planning (with goals and outcome criteria), and evaluation
,outcome criteria - Correct Answers-Descriptions of specific patient behaviors or responses that
demonstrate meeting of or achievement of goals related to each nursing diagnosis. These
statements, as with goals, are verifiable, framed in behavioral terms, measurable, and time
specific. outcome criteria are considered to be specific, whereas goals are broad.
Prescriber - Correct Answers-Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate
regulatory board to prescribe medications.
chapter 2 terms - Correct Answers-Pharmacologic principles
additive effects - Correct Answers-Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two
or more drugs with similar actions is equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same
drugs given alone.
adverse drug event - Correct Answers-any undesirable occurrence related to administering or
failing to administer a prescribed medication
adverse drug reaction - Correct Answers-any unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive
response to a medication given at therapeutic dosages. (as apposed to overdose)
adverse effects - Correct Answers-a general term for any undesirable effects that are a direct
response to one or more drugs
agonist - Correct Answers-a drug that binds to and stimulates the activity of one or more
receptors in the body
allergic reaction - Correct Answers-an immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from the
unusual sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication; a type of adverse drug event
, antagonist - Correct Answers-a drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more
receptors in the body. antagonists are also called inhibitors
antagonistic effects - Correct Answers-drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of
two or more drugs is less than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone;
its usually caused by an antagonizing (blocking ro reducing) effect of one drug on another
Bioavailability - Correct Answers-a measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug
and route (from 0% to 100%)
Biotransformation - Correct Answers-one or more biochemical reactions involving a parent
drug. Bio-transformation occurs mainly in the liver and produces a metabolite that is either
inactive or active. also known as a metabolism
Blood-Brain barrier - Correct Answers-the barrier system that restricts the passage of various
chemicals and microscopic entities (eg bacteria, viruses) between the bloodstream and the
central nervous system. it still allows for the passage of essential substances such as oxygen
chemical name - Correct Answers-the name that describes the chemical composition and
molecular structure of a drug
contraindictation - Correct Answers-any condition, especially one related to a disease state or
patient characteristic, including current or recent drug therapy, that renders a particular form of
treatment improper or undesirable
cytochrome P-450 - Correct Answers-the general name for a large class of enzymes that play a
significant role in drug metabolism and drug interactions
dependence - Correct Answers-a state in which there is a compulsive or chronic need, as for a
drug.
