MEDICATION - NU 136 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE

MEDICATION - NU 136 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE Practice questions for this set Terms in this set (80) Nurses are legally responsible for safe and therapeutic effects drug administration Nurses must be knowledgeable of Intended effects, Adverse effects and Interaction Nursing implications for medication points you need to remember about the drug or include in your patient education for each drug administered Three types of names for drugs chemical, genric, trade Generic name that's not protected by the trade mark Trade name protected by a trade mark FDA makes sure that drugs must meet safety and efficacy standards Responsibility for security of controlled substances shared by pharmacist and nurses Pharmacokinetics the drugs enter body, metabolizes, reach site of action, and exerted Absorption form of capsules, pills, liquids, injections and powders that eventually absorbed into the bloodstream Can affect the rate of absorption Body, weight, age, sec, environment factors (weather) Distribution ability to reach target site depending on the chemical and physical properties of drug/patient condition Rapidity of concertation at a target site depends on the blood supply Most drugs are metabolized in the liver when liver function is decreased (due to age or aging) causes elimination of a drug to be slower and results in acclimation of drug leading to high toxic levels Drugs are mainly exceeded by the kidneys Mucus membranes quick