Pharmacology and Nursing
Process – Principles, Routes
& Drug Management
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What is pharmacology?
The study or science of drugs, encompassing various topics such as
absorption, metabolism, and mechanisms of action.
What is a drug?
Any chemical that affects the physiologic processes of a living organism.
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What are the three basic areas of pharmacology?
Pharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics.
Define Pharmaceutics.
The study of how various drug forms influence the way in which the drug
affects the body.
What does Pharmacokinetics study?
What the body does to the drug, including absorption, distribution,
metabolism, and excretion.
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