NSC 232 Exam 2 Questions with 100%
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medication - ✔✔substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment,
or relief of a symptom or for prevention of disease
legislation and standards for non parental medication - ✔✔Pure Food and
Drug Act 1906
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Institutional policies
Official government agency
NPA
Can patients refuse medication? - ✔✔They monitor testing, approval, and
distribution of drugs
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,nurse practice act. There are certain medications that you can give based
on your certificate. Comply with the policies of the facility that you work at.
Policy on how far apart you can give your medication.
YES, sometimes they have that right, and other times they may not. It
depends on if they can make those decisions for themselves or not
chemical name - ✔✔The name that describes the chemical composition
and molecular structure of a drug.
generic name - ✔✔cheapest form of the medication example: aspirin
trade name - ✔✔name given by manufacture that is copyrighted. Assigned
when drug is made
what types of doses are there? - ✔✔stock dose (big bottle of aspirin)
unit dose (capsules in the individual package)
Dispensing of Medications: Controlled Substances - ✔✔Kept under lock
Documentation requirements
Counts of controlled substances
what is the procedure for discarding non parental medication that you didnt
use? - ✔✔must have 2 nurses to witness
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,what is *KASPER*? - ✔✔Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic
Reporting law
*Health care providers that administer prescriptions for narcotics must
comply
what are the Legal Aspects of Administering Medications - ✔✔Nursing
practice acts
Responsibility for actions
Question any order that appears unreasonable
Refuse to give the medication until the order is clarified
what are the different sources of medication? - ✔✔Printed materials
People
Computer-based resources
drug actions - ✔✔Mechanism of action
Therapeutic effect
Side effects
Adverse effects
Mild to severe reactions (anaphylaxis-life threatening)
Drug interactions
Pharmacokinetics
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, drug actions (mechanism of action) - ✔✔the processes involved in the
interaction between a drug and body cells
drug actions (therapeutic effect) - ✔✔The intended effect of medication
drug actions (adverse effect) - ✔✔true allergy to medications
* can have mild or severe reactions
Anaphylaxis - ✔✔Life threatening allergic reaction
drug actions (drug interaction) - ✔✔one medication can help the effect of
the other
four parts of pharmacokinetics - ✔✔absorption, distribution,
biotransformation, excretion
Absorption - ✔✔point of entry until it gets into blood stream about 40
minutes
Distribution - ✔✔begins with absorption until medication arrives at desired
point/site
Biotransformation - ✔✔the process of inactivating and breaking down of
medication
Excretion - ✔✔the movement of med from point of breaking down, back
into circulation and then transported out of body
*happens in the kidneys, sweat. GI tract, respiratory system
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Correct Answers | Graded A+
medication - ✔✔substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment,
or relief of a symptom or for prevention of disease
legislation and standards for non parental medication - ✔✔Pure Food and
Drug Act 1906
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Institutional policies
Official government agency
NPA
Can patients refuse medication? - ✔✔They monitor testing, approval, and
distribution of drugs
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,nurse practice act. There are certain medications that you can give based
on your certificate. Comply with the policies of the facility that you work at.
Policy on how far apart you can give your medication.
YES, sometimes they have that right, and other times they may not. It
depends on if they can make those decisions for themselves or not
chemical name - ✔✔The name that describes the chemical composition
and molecular structure of a drug.
generic name - ✔✔cheapest form of the medication example: aspirin
trade name - ✔✔name given by manufacture that is copyrighted. Assigned
when drug is made
what types of doses are there? - ✔✔stock dose (big bottle of aspirin)
unit dose (capsules in the individual package)
Dispensing of Medications: Controlled Substances - ✔✔Kept under lock
Documentation requirements
Counts of controlled substances
what is the procedure for discarding non parental medication that you didnt
use? - ✔✔must have 2 nurses to witness
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,what is *KASPER*? - ✔✔Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic
Reporting law
*Health care providers that administer prescriptions for narcotics must
comply
what are the Legal Aspects of Administering Medications - ✔✔Nursing
practice acts
Responsibility for actions
Question any order that appears unreasonable
Refuse to give the medication until the order is clarified
what are the different sources of medication? - ✔✔Printed materials
People
Computer-based resources
drug actions - ✔✔Mechanism of action
Therapeutic effect
Side effects
Adverse effects
Mild to severe reactions (anaphylaxis-life threatening)
Drug interactions
Pharmacokinetics
3
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, drug actions (mechanism of action) - ✔✔the processes involved in the
interaction between a drug and body cells
drug actions (therapeutic effect) - ✔✔The intended effect of medication
drug actions (adverse effect) - ✔✔true allergy to medications
* can have mild or severe reactions
Anaphylaxis - ✔✔Life threatening allergic reaction
drug actions (drug interaction) - ✔✔one medication can help the effect of
the other
four parts of pharmacokinetics - ✔✔absorption, distribution,
biotransformation, excretion
Absorption - ✔✔point of entry until it gets into blood stream about 40
minutes
Distribution - ✔✔begins with absorption until medication arrives at desired
point/site
Biotransformation - ✔✔the process of inactivating and breaking down of
medication
Excretion - ✔✔the movement of med from point of breaking down, back
into circulation and then transported out of body
*happens in the kidneys, sweat. GI tract, respiratory system
4
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