NUR 2092 Exam 1 Study Guide: Pharm
Basics Questions and Answers
Nursing Process - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A systematic approach to patient care
that includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and
evaluation.
Assessment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of collecting information about a
patient's allergies, medical history, and current/past medications.
Diagnosis / Analysis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The identification of patient needs
and the analysis of therapeutic drug effects and adverse effects.
Planning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Establishing goals and outcomes for patient care
and planning interventions for safe and effective drug use.
,Implementation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The action taken by the nurse or client to
administer drugs and provide teaching as per the care plan.
Evaluation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of determining if the plan of care
was appropriate and if the goals were met or need revision.
Therapeutic Classifications - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Classifications based on the
usefulness of drugs in treating specific diseases or disorders.
Pharmacologic Classifications - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Classifications that refer to
how a drug works at the molecular, tissue, or body system level.
Pharmaceutics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of how various dosage forms
influence drug dissolution and absorption.
Enteral Route - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The route through which drugs are
absorbed into systemic circulation via oral or gastric mucosa or small
intestine.
Parenteral Route - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A route of administration that involves
injecting the drug, affecting its dissolution rate.
Topical Route - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Administration of drugs through the skin or
mucous membranes, including transdermal patches.
, Pharmacokinetics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of how drugs move through
the body, including absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Absorption - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of moving a drug across body
membranes into the bloodstream.
Bioavailability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The extent and rate at which the active
ingredient or active moiety is absorbed and becomes available at the site of
action.
First Pass Effect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The metabolic process where a large
proportion of a drug is chemically changed into inactive metabolites by the
liver.
Distribution - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The transport of a drug by the bloodstream to
its site of action.
Metabolism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of chemically converting a drug
to a form that is more easily removed from the body.
Excretion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of removing drugs from the body.
Pharmacodynamics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of what a drug does to the
body, including its mechanism of action.
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Basics Questions and Answers
Nursing Process - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A systematic approach to patient care
that includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and
evaluation.
Assessment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of collecting information about a
patient's allergies, medical history, and current/past medications.
Diagnosis / Analysis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The identification of patient needs
and the analysis of therapeutic drug effects and adverse effects.
Planning - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Establishing goals and outcomes for patient care
and planning interventions for safe and effective drug use.
,Implementation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The action taken by the nurse or client to
administer drugs and provide teaching as per the care plan.
Evaluation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of determining if the plan of care
was appropriate and if the goals were met or need revision.
Therapeutic Classifications - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Classifications based on the
usefulness of drugs in treating specific diseases or disorders.
Pharmacologic Classifications - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Classifications that refer to
how a drug works at the molecular, tissue, or body system level.
Pharmaceutics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of how various dosage forms
influence drug dissolution and absorption.
Enteral Route - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The route through which drugs are
absorbed into systemic circulation via oral or gastric mucosa or small
intestine.
Parenteral Route - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A route of administration that involves
injecting the drug, affecting its dissolution rate.
Topical Route - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Administration of drugs through the skin or
mucous membranes, including transdermal patches.
, Pharmacokinetics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of how drugs move through
the body, including absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Absorption - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of moving a drug across body
membranes into the bloodstream.
Bioavailability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The extent and rate at which the active
ingredient or active moiety is absorbed and becomes available at the site of
action.
First Pass Effect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The metabolic process where a large
proportion of a drug is chemically changed into inactive metabolites by the
liver.
Distribution - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The transport of a drug by the bloodstream to
its site of action.
Metabolism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of chemically converting a drug
to a form that is more easily removed from the body.
Excretion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The process of removing drugs from the body.
Pharmacodynamics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The study of what a drug does to the
body, including its mechanism of action.
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
