Pharmacology Exam 1 (Chapters 1-4)
High-Yield Exam Practice – Learn What Matters
What are the 5 steps of the nursing process - Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation,
Evaluation
What are the parts of the medication profile (assessment) - 1. Any and all drug use
2. Prescriptions
3. Over the counter medications
4. Vitamins, herbs, and supplements
5. Compliance and Adherence
What are the parts of the Nursing Diagnosis - 1. Deficient knowledge (patient's)
2. Risk for injury
3. Noncompliance
What are the parts of the planning process - 1. Identification of Goals
2. Outcome Criteria
What are the parts of the Implementation process - 1. Initiation and completion of nursing
actions
2. Independent, collaborative, dependent
What are the "Six Rights" of medication implementation - Right- time, patient, route, drug,
dose, documentation
What is the Evaluation process - 1. Ongoing part of nursing process
2. Determining status of goals and outcomes
, 3. Monitoring patient response to drug therapy
4. Clear concise documentation
Pharmaceutics - How various drug forms influence the way that drug affects the body
Pharmacokinetics - what the body does to the drug from the time of administration until it and
all metabolites are excreted
Pharmacodynamics - what the drug does to the body.
What is a Drug - Any chemical that affects living organism processes
What is pharmacology - The study of drugs
Chemical Name - describes the chemical composition and molecular structure
Generic name (non proprietary) - name given by the united states adopted names council e.g.
ibuprofin
Trade name (proprietary) - drug's registered trademark e.g.. Motrin
Pharmacotherapeutics - 1. clinical use of drugs to prevent and treat disease,
2. principles of drug actions
3. organization of drugs into classes
Pharmacognosy - study of natural drug sources vs synthetic sources
High-Yield Exam Practice – Learn What Matters
What are the 5 steps of the nursing process - Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation,
Evaluation
What are the parts of the medication profile (assessment) - 1. Any and all drug use
2. Prescriptions
3. Over the counter medications
4. Vitamins, herbs, and supplements
5. Compliance and Adherence
What are the parts of the Nursing Diagnosis - 1. Deficient knowledge (patient's)
2. Risk for injury
3. Noncompliance
What are the parts of the planning process - 1. Identification of Goals
2. Outcome Criteria
What are the parts of the Implementation process - 1. Initiation and completion of nursing
actions
2. Independent, collaborative, dependent
What are the "Six Rights" of medication implementation - Right- time, patient, route, drug,
dose, documentation
What is the Evaluation process - 1. Ongoing part of nursing process
2. Determining status of goals and outcomes
, 3. Monitoring patient response to drug therapy
4. Clear concise documentation
Pharmaceutics - How various drug forms influence the way that drug affects the body
Pharmacokinetics - what the body does to the drug from the time of administration until it and
all metabolites are excreted
Pharmacodynamics - what the drug does to the body.
What is a Drug - Any chemical that affects living organism processes
What is pharmacology - The study of drugs
Chemical Name - describes the chemical composition and molecular structure
Generic name (non proprietary) - name given by the united states adopted names council e.g.
ibuprofin
Trade name (proprietary) - drug's registered trademark e.g.. Motrin
Pharmacotherapeutics - 1. clinical use of drugs to prevent and treat disease,
2. principles of drug actions
3. organization of drugs into classes
Pharmacognosy - study of natural drug sources vs synthetic sources
