NSC 232 Exam 2 Questions And 100%
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\.Medication - Answer-✔substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment, or relief of
a symptom or for prevention of disease
\.Pure Food and Drug Act - Answer-✔1906 (Truth and labeling law) making sure manufactors
were truthful about what they were advertising
\.U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Answer-✔Protecting and promoting health.
Its the official government agency that oversees gov manufacturers of drugs.
\.Institutional Policies - Answer-✔30min before/after considered on time (example of)
Exactly what they do when administering medications be aware and comply
\.Chemical Name - Answer-✔Name that describes chemical and molecular compound of
medication
\.Generic Name - Answer-✔Know by this name. First manufactured name.
\.Trade Name - Answer-✔Copyrighted given by the manufacturer of the medication
,\.2 Witnesses required - Answer-✔Procedure for discarding controlled medications
\.Kasper - Answer-✔Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting" law
*Health care providers that administer prescriptions for narcotics must comply
\.Dispensing controlled Medications - Answer-✔Kept under lock
Documentation Reuired
Counts of controlled meds
\.Important things to know when giving medication - Answer-✔Why you are giving it
Side effects
Follow up make sure its working
\.Approved by the FDA - Answer-✔Insurance wont cover Medication that is not
\.Legal Aspects of Administering Medications include - Answer-✔Nursing practice acts -
Responsibility for actions
Question any order that appears unreasonable
Refuse to give the medication until the order is clarified
,\.Nursing Practice Act - Answer-✔Double check and make sure what you are qualified
(certifications) to give falls under the
\.Printed material
People
Computer based resources - Answer-✔Sources of information include
\.Mechanism of Action - Answer-✔The change medication causes in the cell of the body to
produce the affect.
\.Therapeutic Effect - Answer-✔The intended affect of the medication
\.Side effects - Answer-✔unintended affect of medications (dizziness, addiction)
\.drug interaction - Answer-✔synergistic- one med causing another to do something (pain meds
make people nauseated)
antagonistic- one medication voids the other medication
\.Adverse Effects - Answer-✔serious side affects, allergic to medication. Hallucinations, itching,
stopped breathing
Mild (itchy) to severe reactions (anaphylaxis-life threatening)
\.Synergistic effect - Answer-✔Two drugs work together during drug reactions increase effect of
drugs
, \.Anaphylaxis - Answer-✔Life threatening severe adverse effects
(swelling of throat)
\.Antagonistic effect - Answer-✔One medication cancels out the other
\.Pharmacokinetics - Answer-✔The activity of the drug in the body from the time its taken to
the time its excreted
\.Absorption - Answer-✔Pharmacokinetics
Transfer of drug from the point of entry into body until it gets into the blood stream
(connected to time the medication takes until it takes effect)
\.oral medication absorption rate - Answer-✔30-35 minutes to start working
\.DIstribution - Answer-✔Pharmacokinetics
Begins with Absorption of med into blood stream and ends when the drug arrives at the desired
site
\.Biotransformation - Answer-✔Pharmacokinetics
A process of inactivation and breaking down of medication (Most occur in the Liver)
\.Excretion - Answer-✔Pharmacokinetics
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\.Medication - Answer-✔substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment, or relief of
a symptom or for prevention of disease
\.Pure Food and Drug Act - Answer-✔1906 (Truth and labeling law) making sure manufactors
were truthful about what they were advertising
\.U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Answer-✔Protecting and promoting health.
Its the official government agency that oversees gov manufacturers of drugs.
\.Institutional Policies - Answer-✔30min before/after considered on time (example of)
Exactly what they do when administering medications be aware and comply
\.Chemical Name - Answer-✔Name that describes chemical and molecular compound of
medication
\.Generic Name - Answer-✔Know by this name. First manufactured name.
\.Trade Name - Answer-✔Copyrighted given by the manufacturer of the medication
,\.2 Witnesses required - Answer-✔Procedure for discarding controlled medications
\.Kasper - Answer-✔Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting" law
*Health care providers that administer prescriptions for narcotics must comply
\.Dispensing controlled Medications - Answer-✔Kept under lock
Documentation Reuired
Counts of controlled meds
\.Important things to know when giving medication - Answer-✔Why you are giving it
Side effects
Follow up make sure its working
\.Approved by the FDA - Answer-✔Insurance wont cover Medication that is not
\.Legal Aspects of Administering Medications include - Answer-✔Nursing practice acts -
Responsibility for actions
Question any order that appears unreasonable
Refuse to give the medication until the order is clarified
,\.Nursing Practice Act - Answer-✔Double check and make sure what you are qualified
(certifications) to give falls under the
\.Printed material
People
Computer based resources - Answer-✔Sources of information include
\.Mechanism of Action - Answer-✔The change medication causes in the cell of the body to
produce the affect.
\.Therapeutic Effect - Answer-✔The intended affect of the medication
\.Side effects - Answer-✔unintended affect of medications (dizziness, addiction)
\.drug interaction - Answer-✔synergistic- one med causing another to do something (pain meds
make people nauseated)
antagonistic- one medication voids the other medication
\.Adverse Effects - Answer-✔serious side affects, allergic to medication. Hallucinations, itching,
stopped breathing
Mild (itchy) to severe reactions (anaphylaxis-life threatening)
\.Synergistic effect - Answer-✔Two drugs work together during drug reactions increase effect of
drugs
, \.Anaphylaxis - Answer-✔Life threatening severe adverse effects
(swelling of throat)
\.Antagonistic effect - Answer-✔One medication cancels out the other
\.Pharmacokinetics - Answer-✔The activity of the drug in the body from the time its taken to
the time its excreted
\.Absorption - Answer-✔Pharmacokinetics
Transfer of drug from the point of entry into body until it gets into the blood stream
(connected to time the medication takes until it takes effect)
\.oral medication absorption rate - Answer-✔30-35 minutes to start working
\.DIstribution - Answer-✔Pharmacokinetics
Begins with Absorption of med into blood stream and ends when the drug arrives at the desired
site
\.Biotransformation - Answer-✔Pharmacokinetics
A process of inactivation and breaking down of medication (Most occur in the Liver)
\.Excretion - Answer-✔Pharmacokinetics
