WCU NURS 676 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY
MIDTERM EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Four major pharmokinetic processes. Answer: Drug absorption,
drug distribution, drug metabolism, and drug excretion.
◉ Define Pharmacodynamics. Answer: The impact of drugs on the
body. The nature and intensity of the response to the drug.
◉ Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic
knowledge.. Answer: Patient care and patient education.
◉ Seven aspects of drug therapy.. Answer: Pre administration
assessment, dosage and administration, evaluating and promoting
therapeutic effects, minimizing adverse effects, minimizing adverse
reactions, making "as needed" (PRN) decisions, and managing
toxicity.
◉ Pre administration assessment. Answer: Three basic goals:
collecting baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic and adverse
responses, identifying high -risk patients, and assessing the patient's
capacity for self-care.
, ◉ To help reduce adverse effects, you must know. Answer: The
major adverse effects the drug can produce, when these reactions
are likely to occur, early signs that an adverse reaction is developing,
and interventions that can minimize discomfort and harm.
◉ PRN. Answer: pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning as needed
◉ Nursing process. Answer: ADPIE - Assessment, analysis
(diagnosis), planning, implementation, and evaluation.
◉ Complete nursing diagnosis. Answer: A statement of the pt's
actual or potential health problem, a statement of the problem's
probable cause or risk factors, and the signs, symptoms, or other
evidence of the problem. Statements are separated by the phrases
related to and as evidenced by
◉ Objective of drug therapy. Answer: Produce maximum benefit
with minimum harm
◉ Pre administration assessment. Answer: Establish the baseline
data needed to tailor drug therapy to the individual.
◉ Pre administration assessment goals. Answer: Collection of
baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic effects, collection of
MIDTERM EXAMINATION TEST COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Four major pharmokinetic processes. Answer: Drug absorption,
drug distribution, drug metabolism, and drug excretion.
◉ Define Pharmacodynamics. Answer: The impact of drugs on the
body. The nature and intensity of the response to the drug.
◉ Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic
knowledge.. Answer: Patient care and patient education.
◉ Seven aspects of drug therapy.. Answer: Pre administration
assessment, dosage and administration, evaluating and promoting
therapeutic effects, minimizing adverse effects, minimizing adverse
reactions, making "as needed" (PRN) decisions, and managing
toxicity.
◉ Pre administration assessment. Answer: Three basic goals:
collecting baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic and adverse
responses, identifying high -risk patients, and assessing the patient's
capacity for self-care.
, ◉ To help reduce adverse effects, you must know. Answer: The
major adverse effects the drug can produce, when these reactions
are likely to occur, early signs that an adverse reaction is developing,
and interventions that can minimize discomfort and harm.
◉ PRN. Answer: pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning as needed
◉ Nursing process. Answer: ADPIE - Assessment, analysis
(diagnosis), planning, implementation, and evaluation.
◉ Complete nursing diagnosis. Answer: A statement of the pt's
actual or potential health problem, a statement of the problem's
probable cause or risk factors, and the signs, symptoms, or other
evidence of the problem. Statements are separated by the phrases
related to and as evidenced by
◉ Objective of drug therapy. Answer: Produce maximum benefit
with minimum harm
◉ Pre administration assessment. Answer: Establish the baseline
data needed to tailor drug therapy to the individual.
◉ Pre administration assessment goals. Answer: Collection of
baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic effects, collection of
