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NSG-318 Exam 1
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2025/2026 latest update
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,pharmacology - ✔✔answer study of drugs
drug - ✔✔answer Chemical that affects physiologic process of a living organism
Nursing Implications - ✔✔answer The concepts that a nurse must include when they are safely
administering medication
Identify the various routes of medication administration - ✔✔answer Sublingual (buccal), oral,
transdermal (topical creams/ lotions), instillation (eye drops/sprays), inhalation, nasogastric and
gastrostomy tubes, suppositories, parenteral
6 rights of administration - ✔✔answer 1. Right patient
2. Right drug
3. Right dose
4. Right route
5. Right time and frequency
6. Right documentation
List the components of a drug label - ✔✔answer Chemical Name: structure of the drug
Generic name: the official drug name
Brand/ trade name: the easier proprietary name
Active and inactive ingredients
Warning/ possible side effects
Directions on use as well as what the drug is used for/ what it helps treat
normal vital signs (BP) - ✔✔answer 120/80
Pharmacokinetics - ✔✔answer what the body does to the drug
, pharmacokinetic phases - ✔✔answer -absorption (drug movement from GI tract into bloodstream)
-distribution (protein binding, free drugs, BBB)
-metabolism (1/2 life, loading dose; liver)
-excretion (elimination, kidneys, creatinine clearance, BUN, GFR
factors that affect drug excretion - ✔✔answer -drugs that affect renal excretion/decrease CO
-diuretic use
-drugs that use same excretion method
-change of urine pH
-pt. with decreased renal or hepatic function
1/2 life (T 1/2) - ✔✔answer Time it takes to get rid of half of the drug; gives us good time to
administer rest of the dose and when we can expect to see side effects
Loading dose - ✔✔answer use of a higher dose than what is usually used for treatment to allow the
drug to reach the critical concentration sooner
photosensitivity - ✔✔answer - sensitivity to light
- ranges from the ability to orient to the sun to the ability to see
factors affecting absorption - ✔✔answer Blood circulation
Pain, stress
Food texture, fat content, temperature
pH
Route of administration
factors affecting bioavailability - ✔✔answer Drug form
NSG-318 Exam 1
questions and answers
2025/2026 latest update
USER
STUVIA
,pharmacology - ✔✔answer study of drugs
drug - ✔✔answer Chemical that affects physiologic process of a living organism
Nursing Implications - ✔✔answer The concepts that a nurse must include when they are safely
administering medication
Identify the various routes of medication administration - ✔✔answer Sublingual (buccal), oral,
transdermal (topical creams/ lotions), instillation (eye drops/sprays), inhalation, nasogastric and
gastrostomy tubes, suppositories, parenteral
6 rights of administration - ✔✔answer 1. Right patient
2. Right drug
3. Right dose
4. Right route
5. Right time and frequency
6. Right documentation
List the components of a drug label - ✔✔answer Chemical Name: structure of the drug
Generic name: the official drug name
Brand/ trade name: the easier proprietary name
Active and inactive ingredients
Warning/ possible side effects
Directions on use as well as what the drug is used for/ what it helps treat
normal vital signs (BP) - ✔✔answer 120/80
Pharmacokinetics - ✔✔answer what the body does to the drug
, pharmacokinetic phases - ✔✔answer -absorption (drug movement from GI tract into bloodstream)
-distribution (protein binding, free drugs, BBB)
-metabolism (1/2 life, loading dose; liver)
-excretion (elimination, kidneys, creatinine clearance, BUN, GFR
factors that affect drug excretion - ✔✔answer -drugs that affect renal excretion/decrease CO
-diuretic use
-drugs that use same excretion method
-change of urine pH
-pt. with decreased renal or hepatic function
1/2 life (T 1/2) - ✔✔answer Time it takes to get rid of half of the drug; gives us good time to
administer rest of the dose and when we can expect to see side effects
Loading dose - ✔✔answer use of a higher dose than what is usually used for treatment to allow the
drug to reach the critical concentration sooner
photosensitivity - ✔✔answer - sensitivity to light
- ranges from the ability to orient to the sun to the ability to see
factors affecting absorption - ✔✔answer Blood circulation
Pain, stress
Food texture, fat content, temperature
pH
Route of administration
factors affecting bioavailability - ✔✔answer Drug form
