NURS 5334 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Define Pharmacokinetics - Answers - The impact of the body on drugs. How much of an
administered dose gets to its sites of action.
Four major pharmokinetic processes - Answers - Drug absorption, drug distribution,
drug metabolism, and drug excretion.
Define Pharmacodynamics - Answers - The impact of drugs on the body. The nature
and intensity of the response to the drug.
Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic knowledge. - Answers - Patient
care and patient education.
Seven aspects of drug therapy. - Answers - Pre administration assessment, dosage and
administration, evaluating and promoting therapeutic effects, minimizing adverse
effects, minimizing adverse reactions, making "as needed" (PRN) decisions, and
managing toxicity.
Pre administration assessment - Answers - Three basic goals: collecting baseline data
needed to evaluate therapeutic and adverse responses, identifying high -risk patients,
and assessing the patient's capacity for self-care.
To help reduce adverse effects, you must know - Answers - The major adverse effects
the drug can produce, when these reactions are likely to occur, early signs that an
adverse reaction is developing, and interventions that can minimize discomfort and
harm.
PRN - Answers - pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning as needed
Nursing process - Answers - ADPIE - Assessment, analysis (diagnosis), planning,
implementation, and evaluation.
Complete nursing diagnosis - Answers - A statement of the pt's actual or potential
health problem, a statement of the problem's probable cause or risk factors, and the
signs, symptoms, or other evidence of the problem. Statements are separated by the
phrases related to and as evidenced by
Objective of drug therapy - Answers - Produce maximum benefit with minimum harm
Pre administration assessment - Answers - Establish the baseline data needed to tailor
drug therapy to the individual.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Define Pharmacokinetics - Answers - The impact of the body on drugs. How much of an
administered dose gets to its sites of action.
Four major pharmokinetic processes - Answers - Drug absorption, drug distribution,
drug metabolism, and drug excretion.
Define Pharmacodynamics - Answers - The impact of drugs on the body. The nature
and intensity of the response to the drug.
Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic knowledge. - Answers - Patient
care and patient education.
Seven aspects of drug therapy. - Answers - Pre administration assessment, dosage and
administration, evaluating and promoting therapeutic effects, minimizing adverse
effects, minimizing adverse reactions, making "as needed" (PRN) decisions, and
managing toxicity.
Pre administration assessment - Answers - Three basic goals: collecting baseline data
needed to evaluate therapeutic and adverse responses, identifying high -risk patients,
and assessing the patient's capacity for self-care.
To help reduce adverse effects, you must know - Answers - The major adverse effects
the drug can produce, when these reactions are likely to occur, early signs that an
adverse reaction is developing, and interventions that can minimize discomfort and
harm.
PRN - Answers - pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning as needed
Nursing process - Answers - ADPIE - Assessment, analysis (diagnosis), planning,
implementation, and evaluation.
Complete nursing diagnosis - Answers - A statement of the pt's actual or potential
health problem, a statement of the problem's probable cause or risk factors, and the
signs, symptoms, or other evidence of the problem. Statements are separated by the
phrases related to and as evidenced by
Objective of drug therapy - Answers - Produce maximum benefit with minimum harm
Pre administration assessment - Answers - Establish the baseline data needed to tailor
drug therapy to the individual.
