Nursing Pharmacology
9th Edition QUIZ 1
Compliance - ANSWER>>>Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed course
of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient.
medication error - ANSWER>>>Any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate medication
use by a patient or health care professional; it may or may not cause the patient harm.
Noncompliance - ANSWER>>>An informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere to or follow
a therapeutic plan or suggestion.
Nursing Process - ANSWER>>>five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing,
diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Outcomes - ANSWER>>>Measurable statements of specific patient behaviors or responses that
demonstrate meeting of or achievement of behaviors related to each patient's human needs
Prescriber - ANSWER>>>Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate regulatory board to
prescribe medications.
Additive effects - ANSWER>>>The effect of a combination of two or more drugs with similar actions is
equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone
Adverse drug event - ANSWER>>>any undesirable occurrence related to administering or failing to
administer a prescribed medication
Adverse drug reaction - ANSWER>>>any unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive response to a
medication given at therapeutic dosages (as opposed to overdose)
Adverse effects - ANSWER>>>A general term for any undesirable effects that are a direct response to one
or more drugs.
Agonist - ANSWER>>>A drug that binds to and stimulates the activity of one or more receptors in the
body.
Allergic reaction - ANSWER>>>An immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from the unusual
sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication; a type of adverse drug event.
Antagonist - ANSWER>>>A drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more receptors in the
body. Antagonists are also called inhibitors.
9th Edition QUIZ 1
Compliance - ANSWER>>>Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed course
of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient.
medication error - ANSWER>>>Any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate medication
use by a patient or health care professional; it may or may not cause the patient harm.
Noncompliance - ANSWER>>>An informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere to or follow
a therapeutic plan or suggestion.
Nursing Process - ANSWER>>>five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing,
diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Outcomes - ANSWER>>>Measurable statements of specific patient behaviors or responses that
demonstrate meeting of or achievement of behaviors related to each patient's human needs
Prescriber - ANSWER>>>Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate regulatory board to
prescribe medications.
Additive effects - ANSWER>>>The effect of a combination of two or more drugs with similar actions is
equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone
Adverse drug event - ANSWER>>>any undesirable occurrence related to administering or failing to
administer a prescribed medication
Adverse drug reaction - ANSWER>>>any unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive response to a
medication given at therapeutic dosages (as opposed to overdose)
Adverse effects - ANSWER>>>A general term for any undesirable effects that are a direct response to one
or more drugs.
Agonist - ANSWER>>>A drug that binds to and stimulates the activity of one or more receptors in the
body.
Allergic reaction - ANSWER>>>An immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from the unusual
sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication; a type of adverse drug event.
Antagonist - ANSWER>>>A drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more receptors in the
body. Antagonists are also called inhibitors.
