NSC 232 Exam 3 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
\.Dispensing of Medications: Controlled Substances - Answer-✔Kept under lock
Documentation requirements
Counts of controlled
substances
Procedures for discarding
2 nurses to witness
\.KASPER - Answer-✔Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting" law
*Health care providers that administer prescriptions for narcotics must comply
\.Legal Aspects of Administering Medications - Answer-✔Nursing practice acts
Responsibility for actions
Question any order that appears unreasonable
Refuse to give the medication until the order is clarified
\.sources of information - Answer-✔printed materials, people, computer-based resources
,\.Drug Actions; Mechanism of action - Answer-✔Mechanism of action is the change the
medication causes changes in body to produce desired effect
\.generic name of medication - Answer-✔what was assigned to the drug during 1st
manufactured
\.trade name - Answer-✔brand name
\.Drug actions; Therapeutic effect - Answer-✔intended effect of medication
\.side effects - Answer-✔unintended effects ex) constipation, drowsiness, NOT NEGATIVE effects
\.Adverse effects - Answer-✔when side effects are negative. can be mild or severe
\.mild to severe reactions: - Answer-✔anaphylaxis-life threatening
\.drug interactions - Answer-✔the way drugs interact with eachother
\.pharmocokinetics - Answer-✔activity of medication in body from time in and time excreted
\.absorption - Answer-✔transference of drug molecules from point of entry until it gets in
bloodstream
\.distribution - Answer-✔begins from time of absorption and ends when it gets to site of action
,\.biotransformation - Answer-✔process of breaking down meds. (metabolism)
\.excretion - Answer-✔movement of meds from metabolism to excretion
\.drug allergy - Answer-✔immunologic reaction to drug.
there can be mild to severe reactions
\.drug tolerance - Answer-✔need increasing doses to maintain therapeutic effect
\.drug interaction - Answer-✔one drug effecting another
\.Components and Processing
of Medication Orders - Answer-✔Date and time of order
Medication name
Dose of medication
Route of administration
Frequency of administration
Signature of provider (physician, Advanced Nurse Practitioner)
\.standing orders - Answer-✔routine basis
\.PRN orders - Answer-✔as necessary
\.single orders - Answer-✔one time only; preoperative, pre-procedure orders
\.stat orders - Answer-✔statim: immediately
, \.sublingual administration of drug - Answer-✔under tongue
\.buccal administration of drug - Answer-✔in cheek of mouth
\.enteric coated medication - Answer-✔a coating on a pill that allows the pill to pass through
the stomach unaltered and then disintegrates in intestines
\.routes of non-parenteral medication - Answer-✔topical- only affects area where it is applied
rectal
vaginal
transdermal (patches)
inhalation (inhaler)
ophthalmic (eye drops)
otic (ear drops)
nasal
\.six rights of medication administration - Answer-✔Right drug
Right dose
Right client
Right route
Right time
Right documentation
\.what must the nurse do prior to administering medication - Answer-✔give info about the
medication, ask about allergies
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\.medication - Answer-✔substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment, or relief of a
symptom or for prevention of disease
\.Dispensing of Medications: Controlled Substances - Answer-✔Kept under lock
Documentation requirements
Counts of controlled
substances
Procedures for discarding
2 nurses to witness
\.KASPER - Answer-✔Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting" law
*Health care providers that administer prescriptions for narcotics must comply
\.Legal Aspects of Administering Medications - Answer-✔Nursing practice acts
Responsibility for actions
Question any order that appears unreasonable
Refuse to give the medication until the order is clarified
\.sources of information - Answer-✔printed materials, people, computer-based resources
,\.Drug Actions; Mechanism of action - Answer-✔Mechanism of action is the change the
medication causes changes in body to produce desired effect
\.generic name of medication - Answer-✔what was assigned to the drug during 1st
manufactured
\.trade name - Answer-✔brand name
\.Drug actions; Therapeutic effect - Answer-✔intended effect of medication
\.side effects - Answer-✔unintended effects ex) constipation, drowsiness, NOT NEGATIVE effects
\.Adverse effects - Answer-✔when side effects are negative. can be mild or severe
\.mild to severe reactions: - Answer-✔anaphylaxis-life threatening
\.drug interactions - Answer-✔the way drugs interact with eachother
\.pharmocokinetics - Answer-✔activity of medication in body from time in and time excreted
\.absorption - Answer-✔transference of drug molecules from point of entry until it gets in
bloodstream
\.distribution - Answer-✔begins from time of absorption and ends when it gets to site of action
,\.biotransformation - Answer-✔process of breaking down meds. (metabolism)
\.excretion - Answer-✔movement of meds from metabolism to excretion
\.drug allergy - Answer-✔immunologic reaction to drug.
there can be mild to severe reactions
\.drug tolerance - Answer-✔need increasing doses to maintain therapeutic effect
\.drug interaction - Answer-✔one drug effecting another
\.Components and Processing
of Medication Orders - Answer-✔Date and time of order
Medication name
Dose of medication
Route of administration
Frequency of administration
Signature of provider (physician, Advanced Nurse Practitioner)
\.standing orders - Answer-✔routine basis
\.PRN orders - Answer-✔as necessary
\.single orders - Answer-✔one time only; preoperative, pre-procedure orders
\.stat orders - Answer-✔statim: immediately
, \.sublingual administration of drug - Answer-✔under tongue
\.buccal administration of drug - Answer-✔in cheek of mouth
\.enteric coated medication - Answer-✔a coating on a pill that allows the pill to pass through
the stomach unaltered and then disintegrates in intestines
\.routes of non-parenteral medication - Answer-✔topical- only affects area where it is applied
rectal
vaginal
transdermal (patches)
inhalation (inhaler)
ophthalmic (eye drops)
otic (ear drops)
nasal
\.six rights of medication administration - Answer-✔Right drug
Right dose
Right client
Right route
Right time
Right documentation
\.what must the nurse do prior to administering medication - Answer-✔give info about the
medication, ask about allergies
