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What are the steps to the nursing process? - Answers - Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
What are the rights to medication administration? - Answers - Right drug
- Right dose
- Right patient
- Right time
- Right route
- Right Documentation
- Right reason
- Make sure to double-check for patient allergies and medication expiration
What are the three safety checks? - Answers - As you take the drug out
- Check it alongside the MAR
- Before opening the medication package and administering
What are the classifications of medications? - Answers - Therapeutic - Method for organizing
drugs on the basis of their clinical usefulness
- Pharmacologic - method for organizinf drugs on the basis of their medication of action
What is pharmacology? - Answers - The study or science of drugs
Also includes: Pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenomics,
pharmacoeconomics, and pharmacotherapies
What is a drug? - Answers Any chemical that affects the physiologic processes of a living
organism
, What is a chemical name? - Answers Describes the drug's chemical composition and molecular
structure
What is a generic name? - Answers Name they give to a drug once its been created
What is a trade name? - Answers A drug that has a registered trademark, use of the name is
restricted by the drugs's patient owner(s)
What is a phototype? - Answers A drug that represents a class of medications which are similar
What are pharmaceutics? - Answers The study of how various drug forms influence the way in
which the drug affects the body
What are the types of extended-release? - Answers - SR - Slow or sustained release
- SA - Sutended action
- CR - Controlled release
- XL - Extended length
- XT - Extended Time
- These type of drugs cannot be crushed, it would cause them to metabolize faster in the body
What is phamacokinetics? - Answers The study of what the body does to the drug
What is absorption? - Answers The movement of a drug from its site of administration into the
blood
What is bioavailability? - Answers The percentage of drug absorption
What is the first pass effect? - Answers Only through the GI tract / orally route
What are the different ways drugs can be administered? - Answers - Enternal (GI Tract)
- Paranternal (Injection)
- Topical (transdermal, inhilation)
What is distribution? - Answers Transport of a drug by the bloodstream to its site of action
What is metabolism? - Answers Biochemical alteration of a drug into an active metabolic, a
more soluble compound, or less active metabolite
What parts of the body metabolize drugs? - Answers Liver, skeletal muscle, kidneys, lungs,
plasma, and intestinal mucosa