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a. Recopy the order neatly on the order sheet, with the most common route indicated
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7. Which constitutes the traditional Five Rights of medication administration?
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c. Right patient, right strength, right diagnosis, right drug, and right route
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1. Place the phases of the nursing process in the correct order, starting with the first phase.
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a. Planning
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entical amounts. Which term best denotes that the drugs have the same absorption rates?
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a. Equivalent
b. Synergistic
c. Compatible
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” is incorrect because this term refers to two drugs given together whose resulting effect is greater than the sum of the effects of each
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drug given alone. “Compatible” is incorrect because this term is a general term used to indicate that two su bstances do not have a c
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hemical reaction when mixed (or given, in the case of drugs) together.
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a. The medication will cause fewer adverse effects when given intravenously.
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b. The medication will be absorbed slowly into the tissues over time.
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c. The medication’s action will begin faster when given intravenously.
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d. Most of the drug is inactivated by the liver before it reaches the target area.
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ntravenous route is not a slow route of absorption, and the intravenous route does not cause inactivation of the drug by t he liv
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er before it reaches the target area.
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ugs must be absorbed into cells and tissues from the circulation before they can exert their effects; they do not exert their effec
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4. A drug’s half-life is best defined as
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he body. Answers A, B, and D are not correct definitions of a drug’s half-life.
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5. The term “duration of action” is best defined as
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a. The time it takes for the drug to elicit a therapeutic response.
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b. The time it takes a drug to reach its maximum therapeutic response.
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c. The length of time it takes to remove a drug from circulation.
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d. The time during which drug concentration is sufficient to elicit a therapeuti c r
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or a drug to elicit a therapeutic response is the drug’s “onset of action.” The time it takes a drug to reach its maximum therap eutic res
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ponse is a drug’s “peak effect.” “The length of time it takes to remove a drug from circulation” defines a drug’s elimina tion and does
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right time” problem because the ordered frequency has not changed. This is not a “right dose” problem because the dose is not
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of possible adverse effects. What nursing process phase is the nurse practising?
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he telephone, but the nurse does not recall the route. What is the best way for the nurse to avoid medication errors?
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a. Recopy the order neatly on the order sheet, with the most common route indicated
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c. Call the health care provider to clarify the route of administration
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7. Which constitutes the traditional Five Rights of medication administration?
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a. Right drug, right route, right dose, right time, and right patient
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b. Right drug, the right effect, the right route, the right time, and the right patient
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c. Right patient, right strength, right diagnosis, right drug, and right route
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d. Right patient, right diagnosis, right drug, right route, and right time
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ight patient. Right effect, right strength, and right diagnosis are not part of the traditional Five Rights.
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8. What correctly describes the nursing process?
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c. A linear direction that begins with assessing and continues through diagnosing
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a. Planning
b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
e. Diagnosing
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C, E, A, D, B
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Chapter 02: Pharmacological Principles
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Sealock: Lilley’s Pharmacology for Canadian Health Care Practice, 4th Edition
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1. A patient is receiving two different drugs, which, at their current dose forms and dosages, are both absorbed into the circulation in id
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entical amounts. Which term best denotes that the drugs have the same absorption rates?
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a. Equivalent
b. Synergistic
c. Compatible
d. Bioequivalent
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Two drugs absorbed into the circulation at the same amount (in specific dosage forms) have the same bioavailability; thus, they are bi
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oequivalent. “Equivalent” is incorrect because the term “bioavailability” is used to express the extent of drug absorption. “Synergistic
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” is incorrect because this term refers to two drugs given together whose resulting effect is greater than the sum of the effects of each
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drug given alone. “Compatible” is incorrect because this term is a general term used to indicate that two su bstances do not have a c
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hemical reaction when mixed (or given, in the case of drugs) together.
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2. A patient is receiving medication via intravenous injection. Which information should the nurse provide for patient education?
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a. The medication will cause fewer adverse effects when given intravenously.
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b. The medication will be absorbed slowly into the tissues over time.
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c. The medication’s action will begin faster when given intravenously.
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d. Most of the drug is inactivated by the liver before it reaches the target area.
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Intravenous injections are the fastest route of absorption. The intravenous route does not affect the number of adverse effects, the i
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ntravenous route is not a slow route of absorption, and the intravenous route does not cause inactivation of the drug by t he liv
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er before it reaches the target area.
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3. Which is true regarding parenteral drugs? sl sl sl sl sl
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d. They exert their effects while circulating in the bloodstream.sl sl sl sl sl sl sl sl
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Drugs given by the parenteral route bypass the first-
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pass effect, but they still must be absorbed into cells and tissues before they can exert their effects. Enteral drugs (drugs taken or ally)
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, not parenteral drugs, decrease blood flow to the stomach and are altered by the presence of food in the stomach. Parenter al dr
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ugs must be absorbed into cells and tissues from the circulation before they can exert their effects; they do not exert their effec
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ts while circulating in the bloodstream.
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4. A drug’s half-life is best defined as
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a. The time it takes for the drug to elicit half its therapeutic response.
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half of the original amount of a drug to reach the target cells.
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c. The time it takes one- sl sl sl sl
half of the original amount of a drug to be removed from the body.
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d. The time it takes one- sl sl sl sl
half of the original amount of a drug to be absorbed into the circulation.
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ANS: C s l
A drug’s half-life is the time it takes for one-
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half of the original amount of a drug to be removed from the body. It is a measure of the rate at which drugs are removed fro m t
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he body. Answers A, B, and D are not correct definitions of a drug’s half-life.
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5. The term “duration of action” is best defined as
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a. The time it takes for the drug to elicit a therapeutic response.
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b. The time it takes a drug to reach its maximum therapeutic response.
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c. The length of time it takes to remove a drug from circulation.
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d. The time during which drug concentration is sufficient to elicit a therapeuti c r
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Duration of action is the time during which drug concentration is sufficient to elicit a therapeutic response. The time it takes f
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or a drug to elicit a therapeutic response is the drug’s “onset of action.” The time it takes a drug to reach its maximum therap eutic res
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ponse is a drug’s “peak effect.” “The length of time it takes to remove a drug from circulation” defines a drug’s elimina tion and does
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not correctly define a drug’s duration of action.
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