N205 EXAM 1 CONTENT STUDY QUESTIONS
Subjective: - Answers :what the pt tells you
Objective: - Answers :what you observe
NANDA-I - Answers :North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International
Medication specific nursing diagnosis: - Answers :deficient knowledge, risk for injury,
non-compliance, problems related to drug therapy
Q6 - Answers :strict, every 6 hours
Qid: - Answers :can divide into 4 times a day, leeway
PRN - Answers :as needed
Dose - Answers :amount ordered
Volume - Answers :What you see, liquid or tablet
Concentration - Answers :dose to volume, mg/tablet, mg/ml
Drug - Answers :any chemical that effects the physiological process
Pharmacology - Answers :study of the science of drugs
Pharmacokinetics - Answers :the study of what happens to the drug from the time it
enters the body
Pharmacodynamics - Answers :what the drug does to the body
Chemical name - Answers :a scientific name based on the compound's chemical
structure
Generic name(non-proprietary) - Answers :official name given to a drug after it might
have been found to provide therapeutic use. Name is given by United States Adopted
Name Council
Trade name (proprietary): - Answers :name given to drug by its manufacturer
Enteric coated - Answers :absorbs in intestine (mucosa layer)
Enteral - Answers :oral, sublingual, buccal, rectal, absorbed in stomach
, Parenteral: - Answers :IV, IM, intradermal, Subcutaneous, absorb into the bloodstream
the fastest
Topical: - Answers :applied to the skin
Prototypical drugs: - Answers :first drug in a class of drugs
Dissolution: - Answers :dissolving of solid dosage forms and their absorption
Bioavailability: - Answers :the extent of the drug absorption
First pass effect: - Answers :large proportion of a drug is chemically charged into
inactive metabolites by the liver
Sublingual: - Answers :under the tongue, rapid absorption
Buccal: - Answers :oral mucosa between cheek and the gum
Suppository: - Answers :rectal
Intraarterial: - Answers :med to artery
Intrathecal: - Answers :injection into spinal canal
Intraarticular: - Answers :injection into a joint
Distribution: - Answers :transport of a drug by the bloodstream to its site of action
Synergistic effects: - Answers :the effect of two drugs with similar actions is greater than
the sum of the individual effects
Additive effects: - Answers :the effect of two drugs is equal to the sum of the individual
drug
Metabolism: - Answers :also known as biotransformation, biochemical alteration of a
drug into an inactive metabolite
Prodrug: - Answers :a biologically inactive compound which can be metabolized in the
body to produce a drug
Cytochrome P-450 enzymes: - Answers :microsomal, responsible for metabolism of
most drugs, found in liver
Lipophilic: - Answers :fat loving
Hydrophilic: - Answers :water loving
Subjective: - Answers :what the pt tells you
Objective: - Answers :what you observe
NANDA-I - Answers :North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International
Medication specific nursing diagnosis: - Answers :deficient knowledge, risk for injury,
non-compliance, problems related to drug therapy
Q6 - Answers :strict, every 6 hours
Qid: - Answers :can divide into 4 times a day, leeway
PRN - Answers :as needed
Dose - Answers :amount ordered
Volume - Answers :What you see, liquid or tablet
Concentration - Answers :dose to volume, mg/tablet, mg/ml
Drug - Answers :any chemical that effects the physiological process
Pharmacology - Answers :study of the science of drugs
Pharmacokinetics - Answers :the study of what happens to the drug from the time it
enters the body
Pharmacodynamics - Answers :what the drug does to the body
Chemical name - Answers :a scientific name based on the compound's chemical
structure
Generic name(non-proprietary) - Answers :official name given to a drug after it might
have been found to provide therapeutic use. Name is given by United States Adopted
Name Council
Trade name (proprietary): - Answers :name given to drug by its manufacturer
Enteric coated - Answers :absorbs in intestine (mucosa layer)
Enteral - Answers :oral, sublingual, buccal, rectal, absorbed in stomach
, Parenteral: - Answers :IV, IM, intradermal, Subcutaneous, absorb into the bloodstream
the fastest
Topical: - Answers :applied to the skin
Prototypical drugs: - Answers :first drug in a class of drugs
Dissolution: - Answers :dissolving of solid dosage forms and their absorption
Bioavailability: - Answers :the extent of the drug absorption
First pass effect: - Answers :large proportion of a drug is chemically charged into
inactive metabolites by the liver
Sublingual: - Answers :under the tongue, rapid absorption
Buccal: - Answers :oral mucosa between cheek and the gum
Suppository: - Answers :rectal
Intraarterial: - Answers :med to artery
Intrathecal: - Answers :injection into spinal canal
Intraarticular: - Answers :injection into a joint
Distribution: - Answers :transport of a drug by the bloodstream to its site of action
Synergistic effects: - Answers :the effect of two drugs with similar actions is greater than
the sum of the individual effects
Additive effects: - Answers :the effect of two drugs is equal to the sum of the individual
drug
Metabolism: - Answers :also known as biotransformation, biochemical alteration of a
drug into an inactive metabolite
Prodrug: - Answers :a biologically inactive compound which can be metabolized in the
body to produce a drug
Cytochrome P-450 enzymes: - Answers :microsomal, responsible for metabolism of
most drugs, found in liver
Lipophilic: - Answers :fat loving
Hydrophilic: - Answers :water loving
