NUR 160 EXAM 1 Hondros Questions and Answers 100%
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What are the different types of scheduled drugs? - ✔✔Schedule I: Street drugs not used for
medical purposes. High abuse potential
Schedule II: Some medical benefits, highly addictive such as morphine, norco, percocet,
fentanyl, adderal, mainly opiods
NOT EVERY DRUG HAS A SCHEDULE such as tylenol and ibuprofen
Difference between adverse effect and side effect - ✔✔Adverse effect: Life threatening,
unexpected
Side effects: Expected effect of medications
Where are most drugs metabolized? - ✔✔Liver
Where are drugs excreted? - ✔✔Urine, kidneys and feces
What is Half-Life? - ✔✔the time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall to half
its original value. EXAMPLE: Tylenol has half life of 8 Hours, if you give patient 50mg at 8 am.
At 4 PM there would be 25mg of tylenol left in their system
,What is Otic medication? - ✔✔ear drops
What are opthalmic medication? - ✔✔eye drops
What do all these drugs have in common?
Morphine
Percocet
Norco
Tylenol - ✔✔Analgesic's aka pain relievers. First 3 are controlled substances whereas tylenol is
a
schedule II
(Norco has tylenol in it)
What is the max dose of tylenol in a day? **TEST QUESTION - ✔✔4,000mg
What are some side effects of opiods? - ✔✔Constipation, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, dry
mouth, confusion
What should you tell your patient if they're worried about addiction? - ✔✔If they take
, medication correctly they're less likely to get addicted to medication
What is Glaucoma? - ✔✔Intraocular pressure(IOP), peripheral vision loss, optic nerve atrophy.
Not curable and is a lifelong condition with management to relieve pressure
What is a normal IOP in glaucoma? - ✔✔10-22mm
What are some signs and symptoms of Glaucoma? - ✔✔TUNNEL VISION, halos around lights
and pain
What are cataracts? - ✔✔clouding of the lens
What are some signs and symptoms of cataracts? - ✔✔MISTY VISION, double vision, blurred
vison, abnormal color perception, difficulty reading, issues with glares, driving at night
becomes
difficult
What is the treatment for cataracts? - ✔✔Surgical replacement of the lens of the eye
What is the treatment for glaucoma? - ✔✔Not curable but medications can relieve pressure
What should you educate patient post-op of an eye surgery? - ✔✔DON'T: lift anything heavy,
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What are the different types of scheduled drugs? - ✔✔Schedule I: Street drugs not used for
medical purposes. High abuse potential
Schedule II: Some medical benefits, highly addictive such as morphine, norco, percocet,
fentanyl, adderal, mainly opiods
NOT EVERY DRUG HAS A SCHEDULE such as tylenol and ibuprofen
Difference between adverse effect and side effect - ✔✔Adverse effect: Life threatening,
unexpected
Side effects: Expected effect of medications
Where are most drugs metabolized? - ✔✔Liver
Where are drugs excreted? - ✔✔Urine, kidneys and feces
What is Half-Life? - ✔✔the time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall to half
its original value. EXAMPLE: Tylenol has half life of 8 Hours, if you give patient 50mg at 8 am.
At 4 PM there would be 25mg of tylenol left in their system
,What is Otic medication? - ✔✔ear drops
What are opthalmic medication? - ✔✔eye drops
What do all these drugs have in common?
Morphine
Percocet
Norco
Tylenol - ✔✔Analgesic's aka pain relievers. First 3 are controlled substances whereas tylenol is
a
schedule II
(Norco has tylenol in it)
What is the max dose of tylenol in a day? **TEST QUESTION - ✔✔4,000mg
What are some side effects of opiods? - ✔✔Constipation, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, dry
mouth, confusion
What should you tell your patient if they're worried about addiction? - ✔✔If they take
, medication correctly they're less likely to get addicted to medication
What is Glaucoma? - ✔✔Intraocular pressure(IOP), peripheral vision loss, optic nerve atrophy.
Not curable and is a lifelong condition with management to relieve pressure
What is a normal IOP in glaucoma? - ✔✔10-22mm
What are some signs and symptoms of Glaucoma? - ✔✔TUNNEL VISION, halos around lights
and pain
What are cataracts? - ✔✔clouding of the lens
What are some signs and symptoms of cataracts? - ✔✔MISTY VISION, double vision, blurred
vison, abnormal color perception, difficulty reading, issues with glares, driving at night
becomes
difficult
What is the treatment for cataracts? - ✔✔Surgical replacement of the lens of the eye
What is the treatment for glaucoma? - ✔✔Not curable but medications can relieve pressure
What should you educate patient post-op of an eye surgery? - ✔✔DON'T: lift anything heavy,
