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1. Off-label. / prescribing:. / A./drug./is./prescribed./to./treat./conditions./other./than./those./approved./by./the./FDA.
2. code./of./ethics:./"Was./developed./as./a./guide./for./carrying./out./nursing./responsibilities./in./a./manner./consisten
t./with./quality./in./nursing./care./and./the./ethical./obligations./of./the./profession."
3. The./Nurse's./role./in./clinical./research:./Responsible./for./patient./safety.
/Responsible./for./integrity./of./research./protocol
4. drugs./are./classified./in./several./ways:./ettects./on./body./system.
/chemical./characteristics
therapeutic./uses
5. drugs./can./also./be./classified./by./their./ability./to:./prevent./illness./
cure./disease
relieve./symptoms
6. FDA./standardized./OTC./labeling:./active./and./inactive./ingredients.
/purpose./of./product
use./of./product./specif
ic./warnings./dosage./ins
tructions
7. what./drugs./are./approved./for./marketing:./only./ones./approved./by./the./FDA
8. Schedule./1./drugs:./Highest./potential./for./abuse,./no./therapeutic./use,./(Heroine./marijuana./LSD)
9. Schedule./ 2./ drugs:. / High./potential./for./abuse./and./have./medical./use./with./severe./restrictions
(morphine,./ dilaudid,./ hydrocodone,./ codeine)
10. Schedule. / 3. / drugs:. / potential./for./abuse,./medically./accepted./may./cause./dependence
11. Schedule./4./drugs:./•./Lower./abuse./potential./than./schedule./3./drugs
• Limited./physical./or./psychological./dependence
hydrocodone./<15mg./co
deine./<90mg./ketami
ne
12. Schedule./5./drugs:./medically./accepted,./very./limited./potential./for./abuse./or./dependence
opioid-controlled./drugs./for./diarrhea./and./cough
13. before. / meals:. / Ac
, NUR. / 144. / comprehensive. / final. / exam. / pre
p
14. after. / meals:. / PC
15. as. / needed:. / prn
16. D5W:./dextrose./5%./in./water
17. bid:./twice./a./day
18. 3./times./a./day:./tid
19. qid:./four./times./a./day
20. gtt:. / drop
21. PO:./per./oral
22. q6h:./every./6./hours
23. every. / 8. / hours:. / q8h
24. IU:. / international./unit
25. qod:./every./other./day
26. u:./unit
27. atraumatic./care:./therapeutic./care./that./minimizes./or./eliminates./the./psychological./and./physical./distres
s./experienced./by./children./and./their./families./in./the./health./care./system
28. Polypharmacy:. / The./use./of./many./ditterent./drugs./concurrently./in./treating./a./patient,./who./often./has./sev
eral./health./problems.
29. Enteral:./referring./to./a./route./of./medication./administration./that./uses./the./gastrointestinal./tract,./such./as./sw
al-lowing./a./pill
30. Pharmacokinetic. / Phase:. / absorption,./distribution,./metabolism,./ excretion
31. Pharmacodynamic./Phase:./study./of./the./ettects./of./drugs./on./the./body
32. side./effects:./secondary./drug./ettects
33. Adverse./effects:./more./severe./than./side./ettects
./undersirable./ettects
34. drug./toxicity:./Drug./level./exceeds./therapeutic./range
35. alergic./reaction:./Immune./system./response./that./occurs./when./body./interprets./the./drug./administered./as.
/a./foreign./substance./&./forms./antibodies./against./the./drug
Reaction./ranges./from./minor./to./serious./(rash,./itching,./fever,./diarrhea,./nausea,./vomiting./to./anaphylaxis
)./Treat./symptoms
36. anaphylactic. / reaction:. / Life./threatening../Respiratory./distress,./sudden./severe./bronchospasm,./cardiovas-
cular./collapse
Treated./with./vasopressors,./bronchodilators,./corticosteroids,./oxygen,./IV./fluids,./antihistamines