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Edition by Jacqueline Burchum, Laura Rosenthal Chapter 1-
112|Complete Guide A+
Chapter 1: Orientation to Pharmacology
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1. The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, th
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enurse will rely on knowledge of:
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a. clinical pharmacology. <i


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c. pharmacokinetics.
d. pharmacotherapeutics.
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ions. Clinical pharmacology is concerned with all aspects of drug–
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human interactions.Drug efficacy measures the extent to which a given drug causes an inten
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2. What does it mean when a drug is described as easy to administer?
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a. It can be stored indefinitely without need for refrigeration.
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b. It does not interact significantly with other medications.
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c. It enhances patient adherence to the drug regimen.
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d. It is usually relatively inexpensive to produce.
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A major benefit of drugs that are easy to administer is that patients taking them are mor
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elikely to comply with the drug regimen. Drugs that are easy to give may have the othe
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r attributes listed, but those properties are independent of ease of administration.
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REF: Additional Properties of an Ideal Drug: Ease of Administratio
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3. A patient tells the nurse that he was told by the prescriber that the analgesic he is taking i
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s very effective. Which statement by the patient demonstrates an understanding of the dru
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g‘seffectiveness?
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a. ―I don‘t have to worry about toxicity, since it takes a large amount of this drug to
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b. ―It has no side effects and doesn‘t interact with other drugs.‖
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c. ―I only have to take it every 12 hours.‖
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d. ―It might make me sleepy, and it lessens pain for several hours at a time.‖
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A drug is effective if it produces the intended effects, even if it also produces side effects. B
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ecause no drug is completely safe, the level of toxicity does not determine effectiveness. All
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drugs have side effects and many react with other substances; these do not affect the drug‘s
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effectiveness. Ease of administration is independent of a drug‘s effectiveness.
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REF: Properties of an Ideal DrugTOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation
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1. What are the properties of an ideal drug? (Select all that apply.)
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a. Irreversible action <i


b. Predictability
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d. Chemical stability <i


e. A simple trade name
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In addition to predictability, ease of administration, and chemical stability, other propertie
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s include a reversible action so that any harm the drug may cause can be undone and a sim
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plegeneric name, because generic names are usually complex and difficult to remember an
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d pronounce.
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REF: Properties of an Ideal Drug | Additional Properties of an Ideal Dr
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ugTOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
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2. Before administering a medication, what does the nurse need to know to evaluate how
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individual patient variability might affect the patient‘s response to the medication? (Select allth
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at apply.)
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The family medical history can indicate genetic factors that may affect a patient‘s response t
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oa medication. Patients of different ages can respond differently to medications. The patient‘
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s illness can affect how drugs are metabolized. The chemical stability of the medication and t
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heease of administration are properties of drugs.
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