NURS 5334 Advanced Pharmacology
Exam Study Guide
1. Define Pharmacokinetics: The impact of the body on drugs.
How much of an administered dose gets to its sites of action.
2. Four major pharmokinetic processes: Drug absorption, drug
distribution, drug metabolism, and drug excretion.
3. Define Pharmacodynamics: The impact of drugs on the body.
The nature and intensity of the response to the drug.
4. Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic
knowledge.: Patient care and patient education.
5. Seven aspects of drug therapy.: 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.
6. Pre administration assessment: Three basic goals: collecting
baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic and adverse
responses, identifying high -risk pa- tients, and assessing the
patient's capacity for self-care.
7. To help reduce adverse effects, you must know: The major
adverse effects the drug can produce, when these reactions are
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, likely to occur, early signs that an adverse reaction is developing,
and interventions that can minimize discomfort and harm.
8. PRN: pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning as needed
9. Nursing process: ADPIE - Assessment, analysis (diagnosis),
planning, imple- mentation, and evaluation.
10. Complete nursing diagnosis: 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
11. Objective of drug therapy: Produce maximum benefit with
minimum harm
12. Pre administration assessment: Establish the baseline data
needed to tailor drug therapy to the individual.
13. Pre administration assessment goals: Collection of
baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic effects, collection of
baseline data needed to evaluate adverse effects, identification of
high-risk patients, and assessment of the pt's capacity for self-
care.
14. Containdication: A preexisting condition that precludes use of
a particular drug under all but the most critical of circumstances.
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Exam Study Guide
1. Define Pharmacokinetics: The impact of the body on drugs.
How much of an administered dose gets to its sites of action.
2. Four major pharmokinetic processes: Drug absorption, drug
distribution, drug metabolism, and drug excretion.
3. Define Pharmacodynamics: The impact of drugs on the body.
The nature and intensity of the response to the drug.
4. Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic
knowledge.: Patient care and patient education.
5. Seven aspects of drug therapy.: 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.
6. Pre administration assessment: Three basic goals: collecting
baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic and adverse
responses, identifying high -risk pa- tients, and assessing the
patient's capacity for self-care.
7. To help reduce adverse effects, you must know: The major
adverse effects the drug can produce, when these reactions are
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, likely to occur, early signs that an adverse reaction is developing,
and interventions that can minimize discomfort and harm.
8. PRN: pro re nata, a Latin phrase meaning as needed
9. Nursing process: ADPIE - Assessment, analysis (diagnosis),
planning, imple- mentation, and evaluation.
10. Complete nursing diagnosis: 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
11. Objective of drug therapy: Produce maximum benefit with
minimum harm
12. Pre administration assessment: Establish the baseline data
needed to tailor drug therapy to the individual.
13. Pre administration assessment goals: Collection of
baseline data needed to evaluate therapeutic effects, collection of
baseline data needed to evaluate adverse effects, identification of
high-risk patients, and assessment of the pt's capacity for self-
care.
14. Containdication: A preexisting condition that precludes use of
a particular drug under all but the most critical of circumstances.
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