NSG 3100 EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
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• What factors affect medication action? -✓✓ Developmental, gender, diet, environment,
psychological factors, illness/ disease, time of administration, and cultural, ethnic,
religious factors
• What age related factors can affect the action of medicine -✓✓ Altered menor, visual
acuity, manual dexterity, renal/ liver impairment, organ sensitivity, increased fat
proportion which can increase fat soluble drug toxicity
• Who is responsible for their own actions when administering medicine? -✓✓ RN
• What should you do if you're not familiar with a medication -✓✓ Do not administer,
search up the medication and know why your are administering it
• drug toxicity -✓✓ Harmful effects of the drug
• What do you do if liquid medicine is cloudy or color has changed -✓✓ Do not use it
• Adverse effect of drugs -✓✓ More severe side effects that justifies discontinuation of
the drug
• What do you do if pt throws up after PO medication administration? -✓✓ Put gloves
and search through emesis. If pill is in emesis, you can administer another pill bc you
know it is not in their system. If pill is not in emesis, you cannot administer another pill,
notify PCP
• side effects -✓✓ Secondary effect of a drug that is not intended, usually predictable
• Therapeutic/ desired effect of drug -✓✓ Reason the drug is prescribed
• drug distribution -✓✓ Transportation of the drug from the site of absorption to the site
of action
• drug allergy -✓✓ Allergic reaction to a drug
• drug absorption -✓✓ Process by which a drug passes into the bloodstream. It is the
route of administration
• Anaphylaxis -✓✓ Severe allergic reaction after drug administration that can be fatal
, • Pharmacokinetics -✓✓ the study of the absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and
excretion of drugs
• Drug tolerance -✓✓ Person has a low physiological reaction to a drug and requires
increases in dosage in order to maintain therapeutic effect of drug
• Pharmacodynamics -✓✓ Drug action mechanism, the process of how a medication
interacts w cells to produce a biological response
• Drug interaction -✓✓ The administration of a drug before, concurrently or after another
drug that can alter the effects of one/ both drugs
• signs of anaphylactic shock -✓✓ wheezing, dyspnea, cyanosis, hypotension,
coughing, watery eyes, stuffy nose, tachycardia, itchy red swollen skin, diarrhea,
vomiting
• synergistic effect -✓✓ Drugs that work together to enhance the effects. The combined
effect is greater than the effect of either substance alone
• Antagonistic effect -✓✓ Drugs that work against each other. The drug effect is lowered
by taking the drug with the other substance
• Routine order -✓✓ Administered until the health care provider discontinues the order
or until a prescribed number of doses or days have occurred.
• drug biotransformation -✓✓ metabolism, process by which a drug is converted to a
less active form by the liver
• prn -✓✓ as needed
• drug excretion -✓✓ the process of eliminating medications, usually through the kidneys
in urine, but also through sweat, feces, and saliva
• standing order -✓✓ may or may not have a termination date
• drug abuse -✓✓ Inappropriate intake of drugs/ substances
• Single order -✓✓ one time order
• Drug independence -✓✓ A persons reliance or need to take a drug. Can be
physiological, psychological or habitual
• STAT order -✓✓ given immediately in an emergency, once in single doses
UPDATE | LATEST VERSION | WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
• What factors affect medication action? -✓✓ Developmental, gender, diet, environment,
psychological factors, illness/ disease, time of administration, and cultural, ethnic,
religious factors
• What age related factors can affect the action of medicine -✓✓ Altered menor, visual
acuity, manual dexterity, renal/ liver impairment, organ sensitivity, increased fat
proportion which can increase fat soluble drug toxicity
• Who is responsible for their own actions when administering medicine? -✓✓ RN
• What should you do if you're not familiar with a medication -✓✓ Do not administer,
search up the medication and know why your are administering it
• drug toxicity -✓✓ Harmful effects of the drug
• What do you do if liquid medicine is cloudy or color has changed -✓✓ Do not use it
• Adverse effect of drugs -✓✓ More severe side effects that justifies discontinuation of
the drug
• What do you do if pt throws up after PO medication administration? -✓✓ Put gloves
and search through emesis. If pill is in emesis, you can administer another pill bc you
know it is not in their system. If pill is not in emesis, you cannot administer another pill,
notify PCP
• side effects -✓✓ Secondary effect of a drug that is not intended, usually predictable
• Therapeutic/ desired effect of drug -✓✓ Reason the drug is prescribed
• drug distribution -✓✓ Transportation of the drug from the site of absorption to the site
of action
• drug allergy -✓✓ Allergic reaction to a drug
• drug absorption -✓✓ Process by which a drug passes into the bloodstream. It is the
route of administration
• Anaphylaxis -✓✓ Severe allergic reaction after drug administration that can be fatal
, • Pharmacokinetics -✓✓ the study of the absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and
excretion of drugs
• Drug tolerance -✓✓ Person has a low physiological reaction to a drug and requires
increases in dosage in order to maintain therapeutic effect of drug
• Pharmacodynamics -✓✓ Drug action mechanism, the process of how a medication
interacts w cells to produce a biological response
• Drug interaction -✓✓ The administration of a drug before, concurrently or after another
drug that can alter the effects of one/ both drugs
• signs of anaphylactic shock -✓✓ wheezing, dyspnea, cyanosis, hypotension,
coughing, watery eyes, stuffy nose, tachycardia, itchy red swollen skin, diarrhea,
vomiting
• synergistic effect -✓✓ Drugs that work together to enhance the effects. The combined
effect is greater than the effect of either substance alone
• Antagonistic effect -✓✓ Drugs that work against each other. The drug effect is lowered
by taking the drug with the other substance
• Routine order -✓✓ Administered until the health care provider discontinues the order
or until a prescribed number of doses or days have occurred.
• drug biotransformation -✓✓ metabolism, process by which a drug is converted to a
less active form by the liver
• prn -✓✓ as needed
• drug excretion -✓✓ the process of eliminating medications, usually through the kidneys
in urine, but also through sweat, feces, and saliva
• standing order -✓✓ may or may not have a termination date
• drug abuse -✓✓ Inappropriate intake of drugs/ substances
• Single order -✓✓ one time order
• Drug independence -✓✓ A persons reliance or need to take a drug. Can be
physiological, psychological or habitual
• STAT order -✓✓ given immediately in an emergency, once in single doses
