Nurs 230 Exam 2- Medications questions
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MEDICATION NAME - correct answer ✔✔
Chemical name - correct answer ✔✔identifies drug's atomic and molecular structure
Generic name - correct answer ✔✔Used by first manufacturer that develops drug
Universally accepted
Used on NCLEX
Ex: Tylenol- the generic name is acetaminophen
Official name - correct answer ✔✔How the drug is identified in official publications
Usually the generic name
Trade name - correct answer ✔✔Brand name copyrighted by company that sells the drug
Ex: Tylenol
DRUG TERMS - correct answer ✔✔
Pharmacotherapeutics - correct answer ✔✔Therapeutic goal for drug therapy
Ex: lower fever and reduce pain
Pharmacokinetics - correct answer ✔✔How the drug moves through the body
Absorption- how drug moves from the entry site to the bloodstream
,Distribution- how drug becomes available to body tissues and body fluids
Metabolism- change of med from original form to new form. Primarily done by the liver. Meds
can enter the body active and become inactive or vice versa.
Excretion- process of removing drug from body
How to check kidney function? - correct answer ✔✔Creatinine levels
Pharmacodynamics - correct answer ✔✔How the drug works at a cellular level
Ex: Tylenol inhibits prostaglandins
Adverse drug effects - correct answer ✔✔Undesirable side affects such as...
Allergic effect - correct answer ✔✔Hypersensitivity, body forms antibodies against the meds
Penicillin is a common one
Tolerance - correct answer ✔✔Need an increased dose to have same therapeutic effect
Toxicities - correct answer ✔✔Related to organ involved
Ex: Ototoxicity = toxic to the ears
Drug interactions - correct answer ✔✔When two or more medications (by prescription or OTC)
are taken, there is a possibility that a drug interaction may occur. A drug interaction occurs
when the effects of one medication modify those of the other medication(s).
Ex: Antibiotics make birth control less effective
DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS - correct answer ✔✔
, Pediatrics - correct answer ✔✔Doses are weight based
Increased med sensitivity due to organ immaturity
Older adult - correct answer ✔✔More susceptible to adverse effects
Changes of aging may alter needed dose
- decreased gastric motility...altered drug absorption
- decreased lean body mass...increased possibility of drug toxicity
- increased adipose tissue....delay in elimination from and accumulation of drug in body --> drug
toxicity
- decreased liver function...decreased drug metabolism
- decreased kidney function...decreased excretion of drugs
Who can order meds for patients? - correct answer ✔✔A licensed provider
MD, NP, PA
Can you give patients home meds? - correct answer ✔✔No because you can't verify what's in
the bottle
Medication reconciliation - correct answer ✔✔A procedure to maintain an accurate and up-to-
date list of medications for all patients between all phases of health care delivery.
Include non-prescriptive meds like vitamins and alternative therapies and prescription meds
TYPES OF ORDERS - correct answer ✔✔
Standard/routine - correct answer ✔✔Regularly scheduled medications, with or without stop
date
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MEDICATION NAME - correct answer ✔✔
Chemical name - correct answer ✔✔identifies drug's atomic and molecular structure
Generic name - correct answer ✔✔Used by first manufacturer that develops drug
Universally accepted
Used on NCLEX
Ex: Tylenol- the generic name is acetaminophen
Official name - correct answer ✔✔How the drug is identified in official publications
Usually the generic name
Trade name - correct answer ✔✔Brand name copyrighted by company that sells the drug
Ex: Tylenol
DRUG TERMS - correct answer ✔✔
Pharmacotherapeutics - correct answer ✔✔Therapeutic goal for drug therapy
Ex: lower fever and reduce pain
Pharmacokinetics - correct answer ✔✔How the drug moves through the body
Absorption- how drug moves from the entry site to the bloodstream
,Distribution- how drug becomes available to body tissues and body fluids
Metabolism- change of med from original form to new form. Primarily done by the liver. Meds
can enter the body active and become inactive or vice versa.
Excretion- process of removing drug from body
How to check kidney function? - correct answer ✔✔Creatinine levels
Pharmacodynamics - correct answer ✔✔How the drug works at a cellular level
Ex: Tylenol inhibits prostaglandins
Adverse drug effects - correct answer ✔✔Undesirable side affects such as...
Allergic effect - correct answer ✔✔Hypersensitivity, body forms antibodies against the meds
Penicillin is a common one
Tolerance - correct answer ✔✔Need an increased dose to have same therapeutic effect
Toxicities - correct answer ✔✔Related to organ involved
Ex: Ototoxicity = toxic to the ears
Drug interactions - correct answer ✔✔When two or more medications (by prescription or OTC)
are taken, there is a possibility that a drug interaction may occur. A drug interaction occurs
when the effects of one medication modify those of the other medication(s).
Ex: Antibiotics make birth control less effective
DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS - correct answer ✔✔
, Pediatrics - correct answer ✔✔Doses are weight based
Increased med sensitivity due to organ immaturity
Older adult - correct answer ✔✔More susceptible to adverse effects
Changes of aging may alter needed dose
- decreased gastric motility...altered drug absorption
- decreased lean body mass...increased possibility of drug toxicity
- increased adipose tissue....delay in elimination from and accumulation of drug in body --> drug
toxicity
- decreased liver function...decreased drug metabolism
- decreased kidney function...decreased excretion of drugs
Who can order meds for patients? - correct answer ✔✔A licensed provider
MD, NP, PA
Can you give patients home meds? - correct answer ✔✔No because you can't verify what's in
the bottle
Medication reconciliation - correct answer ✔✔A procedure to maintain an accurate and up-to-
date list of medications for all patients between all phases of health care delivery.
Include non-prescriptive meds like vitamins and alternative therapies and prescription meds
TYPES OF ORDERS - correct answer ✔✔
Standard/routine - correct answer ✔✔Regularly scheduled medications, with or without stop
date
