6015 Exam #1

Aspirin is safe for the pediatric population.

What is the time it takes for half of a drug concentration to be elimated from the body?

What are reactions that cause mucous membrane inflammation because of a direct toxic reaction to the drug

What are reactions causing the normal balance of the body to be disrupted resulting in adverse infections?

Generic and brand name medications contain the same active ingredient.

What pharmacokinetic phase(s) is effected by pH ion trapping

Why would you monitor for cardiac rhythm issues with abnormal potassium levels?

What are reactions that cause a skin reaction that causes large blisters to form

What symptoms can a patient exhibit with salicylate poisening?

The phase in clinical trials where human volunteers are first used by trained clinical investigators

When a patient is taking less than the prescribed amount of medication, the therapeutic effect will be equal.

Drug schedule that is not allowed to be prescribed 2/2 being too addictive and the risks outweigh the benefits?

What is when the patient believes that the drug will have an effect, so that effect happens regardless of the drug

What involves an antibody reaction with specific sites in the body cauring a release of chemicals that results in shock.

A patient is jaundiced with elevated LFT's. What organ are you most concerned is being effected by a drug toxicity?

What can result with drugs taken in successive doses at intervals shorter than recommended or if excretion is impaired?

What pharmacokinetic phase(s) is effected by passive and active transport mechanisms

What route of drug administration is absorped the quickest?

Receptors stimulate chemicals inside the cell causing a reaction inside the cell.

The seven (some areas say eight) rights of medication administration fight to prevent medication errors.

Genetics has no consequence when evaluating if a medication will be effective.

What is the part of the nursing process where the plan is put into motion?

The nurse and patient have roles to prevent medication errors with the nurse educating the patient to be an advocate.

What may arise because of increased biotransformation, increased drug resistance, or other pharmacokinetic factors.

Which type of receptor blocks a reaction when elicited?

Height and weight are not important when considering drug dosing.

What pharmacokinetic phase(s) is effected by the first pass effect?

What properties of medications make them the easiest to pass through the cell membrane

What is when two or more drugs or substances are taken together causing unanticipated effects?

What is the main regulating body that oversees the safety of releasing drugs to the public?

What route is most concerning for first pass effect?

What pharmacokinetic phase(s) is effected by kidney damage?

What lab would you look at for blood dyscrasia problems?

What organ is Tylenol in danger of causing damage?

Which type of receptor stimulates a reaction when elicited?

The phase where prescribers are informed of all the known reactions to the drug and monitor their patients for reactions

What organs are NSAIDS in danger of causing damage?

What lab would you look at for liver problems?

The phase where clinical investigators try out the drug in patients who have the disease that the drug is used for.

What is the level of drug concentration indicates that there has been therapeutic effect in some respect.

Drug safety is the most important aspect of patient drug administration. What below does this involve?

What pharmacokinetic phase(s) is effected by the route of which it was administered?

Over the counter medication is safe and does not cause problems, interactions or toxicities.

After a drug is approved for marketing, it enters a phase of continual evaluation. Providers report reactions to the FDA

Tylenol is an OTC medication and therefor does not carry risk of organ damage.

What pharmacokinetic phase(s) is effected by hepatic enzymes?

What results when the liver breaks down medication decreasing the bioavailability of medication for the body to use?

What pharmacokinetic phase(s) is effected by the blood brain barrier?

Drug schedule less addictive and the script can be called into the pharmacy without a written script or fingerprint?

A patient has decreased UO with increased creatinine and potassium. Which organ could have been damaged by a toxicity?

What are the parts of the nursing process that involves taking a thorough medical, surgical history with physical?

Drug schedule that can be prescribed but there are special rules for the script to be filled such as no refills?

What lab would you look at for kidney problems?

What is the part of the nursing process that involves arranging an intervention based on priority?

What must be ordered for a script to be valid or require clarification?

What pharmacokinetic phase(s) is effected by protein binding?

What is an overdose of a drug that causes damage to multiple body systems and has the potential for fatal reactions?

What are locations that you can find information about specific drugs, drug administration, patient teaching, etc.?

The nursing process stresses the importance of what below aspects of drug administration?

What are effective responses of the nurse to loss experienced by those experiencing the side effects of cancer drugs?

What is the main regulating body that oversees controlled substances and their schedules

What is formation of antibodies to a drug or drug protein causing an immune response when the person is next exposed?

What are undesired effects that may be unpleasant or even dangerous.

What are evaluations required of the RN while administering chemotherapeutic medications?

Medication teaching is not important when providing a new medication to a patient.

The fillers or inactive substances in brand and generic medications can be different.

What are reactions cause the bone marrow to be effected resulting in decreased blood counts?

A patient is hypoglycemic. What might they exhibit?