INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY LATES EDITION 2025

INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY LATES EDITION 2025 Pharmacology - CORRECT Answer study of drugs and their effects on the body The Right Patient - CORRECT Answer check ID band for name and date of birth (also check for what their allergies) The Right drug - CORRECT Answer Check label three times 1. before taking the drug from the med cart 2. before measuring it into the spill container 3. before giving it to my patient The Right Dose - CORRECT Answer -Make sure the patient is receiving the right amount of a drug before administering it -Make proper calculations - When can a dosage require change - CORRECT Answer For a geriatric patient they must have vomited, nausea, diseases, poor liver, or kidney problem I can never change a dosage I must... - CORRECT Answer Document it then send it to who ever ordered it, physician, osteopaths, nurse practioner etc. AS a nurse I can never... - CORRECT Answer -write an order -give up my order to a physician The Right Route - CORRECT Answer In order to change a route as a nurse I must... - CORRECT Answer Get a new order Evodie is required too.. - CORRECT Answer see the patient take the medication before leaving the room, and then document it The Right Time - CORRECT Answer -Make sure you are giving the patient the drug at the right time (some hospitals agree with the 30 before, 30 after) -Document the time you gave it not when it was suppose to be given The Right Documentation - CORRECT Answer -Don't forget to provide a signature NEVER - CORRECT Answer give a medication prepared by another nurse often a patient is said to be compliant.. - CORRECT Answer When a plan of care if followed Patient education has to involve both teacher and learner... - CORRECT Answer Don't force them The identification of the patient's condition helps you identify how to teach the patient about self-care - CORRECT Answer Planning The health team labels the patient's condition - CORRECT Answer Diagnosis Adverse reactions examples - CORRECT Answer CNS: confusion, sedation, Resp: respiratory depression, GI: constipation GU:urinary retention Misc: physical/psychological dependence, tolerance If I'am checking for a patients therapeutic effects and adverse reaction what nursing process stage am I in? - CORRECT Answer Evaluation side effects - CORRECT Answer effects of drugs other than the desired medical effects Example: nausea. vomiting. Federal laws created 3 drug categories in the united states - CORRECT Answer Controlled substances, prescriptions, and OTC medications Controlled substances (II) - CORRECT Answer having the potential for abuse or addiction Examples of controlled drugs - CORRECT Answer narcotics, percocet, morphine, amphetamines