NSG 533 Advanced Pharmacology | Exam 3 |
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• What are analgesics? -✓✓Drugs to relieve pain
• what is pain? -✓✓an unpleasant sensory and emotional perception associated with
actual or potential tissue damage.
• Is patient subjective? -✓✓yes and it is whatever the patient says it is.
• Corey,SPN, gave a presentation to the class and told us that NONOPIOID
ANALGESICS _______________ -✓✓are used to relieve MILD to MODERATE pain
and is divided into 3 categories.
• What are the three classes of nonopioid analgesics? -✓✓1. salicylates (contain asprin)
2. Non-salicylates (acetaminophen)
3. NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
• What does NSAIDS do? -✓✓decrease inflammation and by doing so it they relieve
pain. ***ms. Dunbar's note
• What are salicylates derived from? -✓✓salicylic acid
• What is another name for asprin (ASA)? -✓✓acetylsalicylic acid
• Kelsie, an LPN at Mercy, explained to her patient that salicylic acid (asprin) LOWERS
body temp by__________________ -✓✓DILATING peripheral blood vessels. (this is the
antipyretic affect of salicylates)
• Salicylates also serve as an analgesic by_______________ -✓✓blocking
prostaglandins
• Morgan, SPN,told class 18 that prostaglandins are______________ -✓✓chemicals
released with INJURY, making pain receptors in tissue more SENSITIVE; makes patient
more likely to feel pain
• Another action of salicylates are _____________ -✓✓anti-platelet aggregation;
WHICH PREVENTS CLUMPING MAKING IT HARDER FOR A CLOT TO DEVELOP
• Salicylates also have an_____________________ -✓✓anti-inflammatory affect;
blocking prostaglandins
, • Jazz,SPN,summed up the actions of salicylates by saying that they: -✓✓1.lower body
temp
2. serves as an analgesic
3. anti-platelet aggregation
4. anti-inflammatory effect
• Class 18 know that the salicylates are used to: -✓✓1. relieve mild to moderate pain
2. reduce body temp
3. treat inflammation
4. decrease risk of heart attack
5. decrease risk of TIA or stroke
6. Maintain pregnancy by preventing or treating inadequate uterine-placental blood
flow.*****
• Anasia, SPN, explained to the class that all drug have side effects/ adverse reactions.
She said that the adverse reactions to salicylates are: -✓✓1. *GI upset; heartburn, n/v
2. anorexia
3. GI bleeding
4. *hypersensitivity/allergic reaction
• Salicylates are contraindicated in -✓✓1. hypersensitivity to salicylates, ASA, or other
NSAIDS
2. pts taking other medications that cause antiplatelet aggregation or have anticoagulant
effects
• Brecky, an SPN , also told the class that salicylates are NOT GIVEN TO CHILDREN
LESS THAN 18YRS old with FLU-LIKE, VIRAL SYMPTOMS due
to__________________ -✓✓increased risk of developing REYE SYNDROME, which is
a life-threatening condition characterized by VOMITING, LETHARGY,
ENCEPHALOPATHY, AND POSSIBLE COMA. There is a correlation between viral
infection-aspirin-Reye's syndrome.
• Salicylates are also not used in patient's__________________ -✓✓with history of GI
bleeding or gastric ulcers
• To help class 18 better understand salicylates,Katie, SPN, listed several OTC med
that contain salicylates. Among the list she named___________________ -✓✓1. asprin
2. Ecotrin
3. Ascriptin
4.. Buffern
5. Anacin
6. BC, Goody's
7. Pepto-Bismol
Latest Guide Questions and Answers |
2026/2027 | Complete Solutions
• What are analgesics? -✓✓Drugs to relieve pain
• what is pain? -✓✓an unpleasant sensory and emotional perception associated with
actual or potential tissue damage.
• Is patient subjective? -✓✓yes and it is whatever the patient says it is.
• Corey,SPN, gave a presentation to the class and told us that NONOPIOID
ANALGESICS _______________ -✓✓are used to relieve MILD to MODERATE pain
and is divided into 3 categories.
• What are the three classes of nonopioid analgesics? -✓✓1. salicylates (contain asprin)
2. Non-salicylates (acetaminophen)
3. NSAIDS (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
• What does NSAIDS do? -✓✓decrease inflammation and by doing so it they relieve
pain. ***ms. Dunbar's note
• What are salicylates derived from? -✓✓salicylic acid
• What is another name for asprin (ASA)? -✓✓acetylsalicylic acid
• Kelsie, an LPN at Mercy, explained to her patient that salicylic acid (asprin) LOWERS
body temp by__________________ -✓✓DILATING peripheral blood vessels. (this is the
antipyretic affect of salicylates)
• Salicylates also serve as an analgesic by_______________ -✓✓blocking
prostaglandins
• Morgan, SPN,told class 18 that prostaglandins are______________ -✓✓chemicals
released with INJURY, making pain receptors in tissue more SENSITIVE; makes patient
more likely to feel pain
• Another action of salicylates are _____________ -✓✓anti-platelet aggregation;
WHICH PREVENTS CLUMPING MAKING IT HARDER FOR A CLOT TO DEVELOP
• Salicylates also have an_____________________ -✓✓anti-inflammatory affect;
blocking prostaglandins
, • Jazz,SPN,summed up the actions of salicylates by saying that they: -✓✓1.lower body
temp
2. serves as an analgesic
3. anti-platelet aggregation
4. anti-inflammatory effect
• Class 18 know that the salicylates are used to: -✓✓1. relieve mild to moderate pain
2. reduce body temp
3. treat inflammation
4. decrease risk of heart attack
5. decrease risk of TIA or stroke
6. Maintain pregnancy by preventing or treating inadequate uterine-placental blood
flow.*****
• Anasia, SPN, explained to the class that all drug have side effects/ adverse reactions.
She said that the adverse reactions to salicylates are: -✓✓1. *GI upset; heartburn, n/v
2. anorexia
3. GI bleeding
4. *hypersensitivity/allergic reaction
• Salicylates are contraindicated in -✓✓1. hypersensitivity to salicylates, ASA, or other
NSAIDS
2. pts taking other medications that cause antiplatelet aggregation or have anticoagulant
effects
• Brecky, an SPN , also told the class that salicylates are NOT GIVEN TO CHILDREN
LESS THAN 18YRS old with FLU-LIKE, VIRAL SYMPTOMS due
to__________________ -✓✓increased risk of developing REYE SYNDROME, which is
a life-threatening condition characterized by VOMITING, LETHARGY,
ENCEPHALOPATHY, AND POSSIBLE COMA. There is a correlation between viral
infection-aspirin-Reye's syndrome.
• Salicylates are also not used in patient's__________________ -✓✓with history of GI
bleeding or gastric ulcers
• To help class 18 better understand salicylates,Katie, SPN, listed several OTC med
that contain salicylates. Among the list she named___________________ -✓✓1. asprin
2. Ecotrin
3. Ascriptin
4.. Buffern
5. Anacin
6. BC, Goody's
7. Pepto-Bismol
