Pharmacology and the Nursing Process
9th edition|Revision Question and
answers|Latest Edition|Nursing 120.
Compliance - Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed
course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient.
medication error - Any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate
medication use by a patient or health care professional; it may or may not cause the
patient harm.
Noncompliance - An informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere to or
follow a therapeutic plan or suggestion.
Nursing Process - five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves
assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Outcomes - Measurable statements of specific patient behaviors or responses that
demonstrate meeting of or achievement of behaviors related to each patient's human
needs
Prescriber - Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate regulatory board
to prescribe medications.
Additive effects - The effect of a combination of two or more drugs with similar actions
is equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone
Adverse drug event - any undesirable occurrence related to administering or failing to
administer a prescribed medication
Adverse drug reaction - any unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive
response to a medication given at therapeutic dosages (as opposed to overdose)
Adverse effects - A general term for any undesirable effects that are a direct response
to one or more drugs.
Agonist - A drug that binds to and stimulates the activity of one or more receptors in the
body.
, Allergic reaction - An immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from the unusual
sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication; a type of adverse drug event.
Antagonist - A drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more receptors in
the body. Antagonists are also called inhibitors.
Antagonistic effects - Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or
more drugs is less than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone
(1 + 1 equals less than 2); it is usually caused by an antagonizing (blocking or reducing)
effect of one drug on another.
Bioavailability - A measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug and route
(from 0% to 100%).
Biotransformation - One or more biochemical reactions involving a parent drug; occurs
mainly in the liver and produces a metabolite that is either inactive or active. Also known
as metabolism.
Blood-brain barrier - The barrier system that restricts the passage of various
chemicals and microscopic entities (e.g., bacteria, viruses) between the bloodstream
and the central nervous system. It still allows for the passage of essential substances
such as oxygen.
Chemical name - The name that describes the chemical composition and molecular
structure of a drug.
Contraindication - a factor in the patient's condition that makes the use of a medication
or specific treatment dangerous or ill advised
Cytochrome p-450 - The general name for a large class of enzymes that play a
significant role in drug metabolism and drug interactions.
Dependence - A state in which there is a compulsive or chronic need, as for a drug
Dissolution - The process by which solid forms of drugs disintegrate in the
gastrointestinal tract and become soluble before being absorbed into the circulation.
Drug - any chemical that affects the physiologic processes of a living organism
9th edition|Revision Question and
answers|Latest Edition|Nursing 120.
Compliance - Implementation or fulfillment of a prescriber's or caregiver's prescribed
course of treatment or therapeutic plan by a patient.
medication error - Any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate
medication use by a patient or health care professional; it may or may not cause the
patient harm.
Noncompliance - An informed decision on the part of the patient not to adhere to or
follow a therapeutic plan or suggestion.
Nursing Process - five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves
assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Outcomes - Measurable statements of specific patient behaviors or responses that
demonstrate meeting of or achievement of behaviors related to each patient's human
needs
Prescriber - Any health care professional licensed by the appropriate regulatory board
to prescribe medications.
Additive effects - The effect of a combination of two or more drugs with similar actions
is equivalent to the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone
Adverse drug event - any undesirable occurrence related to administering or failing to
administer a prescribed medication
Adverse drug reaction - any unexpected, unintended, undesired, or excessive
response to a medication given at therapeutic dosages (as opposed to overdose)
Adverse effects - A general term for any undesirable effects that are a direct response
to one or more drugs.
Agonist - A drug that binds to and stimulates the activity of one or more receptors in the
body.
, Allergic reaction - An immunologic hypersensitivity reaction resulting from the unusual
sensitivity of a patient to a particular medication; a type of adverse drug event.
Antagonist - A drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more receptors in
the body. Antagonists are also called inhibitors.
Antagonistic effects - Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or
more drugs is less than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone
(1 + 1 equals less than 2); it is usually caused by an antagonizing (blocking or reducing)
effect of one drug on another.
Bioavailability - A measure of the extent of drug absorption for a given drug and route
(from 0% to 100%).
Biotransformation - One or more biochemical reactions involving a parent drug; occurs
mainly in the liver and produces a metabolite that is either inactive or active. Also known
as metabolism.
Blood-brain barrier - The barrier system that restricts the passage of various
chemicals and microscopic entities (e.g., bacteria, viruses) between the bloodstream
and the central nervous system. It still allows for the passage of essential substances
such as oxygen.
Chemical name - The name that describes the chemical composition and molecular
structure of a drug.
Contraindication - a factor in the patient's condition that makes the use of a medication
or specific treatment dangerous or ill advised
Cytochrome p-450 - The general name for a large class of enzymes that play a
significant role in drug metabolism and drug interactions.
Dependence - A state in which there is a compulsive or chronic need, as for a drug
Dissolution - The process by which solid forms of drugs disintegrate in the
gastrointestinal tract and become soluble before being absorbed into the circulation.
Drug - any chemical that affects the physiologic processes of a living organism
