Pharmacology Exam 1: Chapters 1-9 2025
Questions and Answers
The Nursing Process - ANSWER✔✔-a research -supported organizational framework for
professional nursing practice
5 Steps of nursing process - ANSWER✔✔-Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed and requesting pain
medication. What will the nurse do first? - ANSWER✔✔-ACCESS the pt's pain and pain level.
(Assessment is ALWAYS 1st)
The "Rights" of Medication Administration - ANSWER✔✔-Right drug, right dose, right patient,
right route, right time, right reason, right documentation
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, A nurse makes an error when administering medications to a patient. Which action by the nurse
requires the supervising nurse to intervene? - ANSWER✔✔-The nurse records completion of an
INCIDENT REPORT in the medical record.
Drug definition - ANSWER✔✔-any chemical substance that is capable of affecting a physiologic
process through a mechanical process
Chemical name
Generic name
Trade name - ANSWER✔✔-describes drug's chemical composition & molecular structure
name given by the U.S Adopted Names Council
registered trademark (company drug name)
Prototypical drugs - ANSWER✔✔-first drug in a class of drugs
Pharmaceutics - ANSWER✔✔-HOW we get the drug into our body
liquid, capsule, powder, IV, etc.
Pharmacokinetics - ANSWER✔✔-WHAT the body does to the drug
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER✔✔-WHAT the drug does to the body
Bioavailability - ANSWER✔✔-how much of the drug gets into the bloodstream
First pass effect - ANSWER✔✔-can be good or bad
large first pass= liver will metabolize it to nothing and smaller amount will be bioavailable
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Questions and Answers
The Nursing Process - ANSWER✔✔-a research -supported organizational framework for
professional nursing practice
5 Steps of nursing process - ANSWER✔✔-Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed and requesting pain
medication. What will the nurse do first? - ANSWER✔✔-ACCESS the pt's pain and pain level.
(Assessment is ALWAYS 1st)
The "Rights" of Medication Administration - ANSWER✔✔-Right drug, right dose, right patient,
right route, right time, right reason, right documentation
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, A nurse makes an error when administering medications to a patient. Which action by the nurse
requires the supervising nurse to intervene? - ANSWER✔✔-The nurse records completion of an
INCIDENT REPORT in the medical record.
Drug definition - ANSWER✔✔-any chemical substance that is capable of affecting a physiologic
process through a mechanical process
Chemical name
Generic name
Trade name - ANSWER✔✔-describes drug's chemical composition & molecular structure
name given by the U.S Adopted Names Council
registered trademark (company drug name)
Prototypical drugs - ANSWER✔✔-first drug in a class of drugs
Pharmaceutics - ANSWER✔✔-HOW we get the drug into our body
liquid, capsule, powder, IV, etc.
Pharmacokinetics - ANSWER✔✔-WHAT the body does to the drug
Pharmacodynamics - ANSWER✔✔-WHAT the drug does to the body
Bioavailability - ANSWER✔✔-how much of the drug gets into the bloodstream
First pass effect - ANSWER✔✔-can be good or bad
large first pass= liver will metabolize it to nothing and smaller amount will be bioavailable
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