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Correct Answers
Pharmacology in relation to nurses: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-physicians, pharmacies, and nurses
are legally responsible for safe & therapeutic effects of drugs
-locate info about each drug
-calculate dose accurately
-6 rights
-recognize nursing interventions
-knowledgeable about possible drug interactions
If drug order isn't clear: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔clarify w/ doctor
Controlled substances: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-must have another nurse count w/ you
(incoming & out coming nurse)
-any discrepancies need to be investigated
3 key factors of drug therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. distribution: how drug distributes
throughout body
2. metabolism: what route is it (slow or fast)
3. excretion: how the pt is urinating; kidney function (older adults need less dosage)
Differences of absorption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. slow absorption: skin, oral, SQ
2. quick absorption: sublingual, mucus membrane, respiratory
3. most rapid: IV
,High alert medication: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-insulin
-requires a 2 nurse check
Schedule of controlled drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Schedule I through V
schedule I - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs with no accepted medical use & high potential of
abuse
i.e. heroin, LSD, weed
Drug standards - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔purity, potency, bioavailability, efficacy, safety and
toxicity
If there is a medication error: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔report it immediately; the purpose of the
report is so same mistake won't happen again
Schedule II - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs with medical use & high potential for abuse
i.e. cocaine, oxycodone, codeine
schedule III - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs that are medically use w/ less potential for abuse
than schedule II
i.e. testosterone, ketamine, miscellaneous depressants
schedule IV - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs that are medically useful w/ less potential for abuse
than schedule III
, i.e. tranquilizers
schedule V - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs with medical use, low potential for abuse and produce
less of a physical dependance
i.e. cough syrup
uses for drugs: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Treatment, palliation, diagnosis, cure, and prevention of
disease
Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔how drugs enter body, metabolized, and excreted
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-movement of a drug from its site of admin into
bloodstream
-determined by weight, sex, age, disease & genetics; how drugs
distribution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔to tissues, & cellular site of action depending on the
physical & chemical properties
pharmacodynamics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs effect on cellular physiology and biochem
onset - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔begins when drug reaches minimum effective concentration level
peak - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔occurs when high blood plasma concentration is achieved
duration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔length of time drug exerts a pharmacolic effect
Correct Answers
Pharmacology in relation to nurses: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-physicians, pharmacies, and nurses
are legally responsible for safe & therapeutic effects of drugs
-locate info about each drug
-calculate dose accurately
-6 rights
-recognize nursing interventions
-knowledgeable about possible drug interactions
If drug order isn't clear: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔clarify w/ doctor
Controlled substances: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-must have another nurse count w/ you
(incoming & out coming nurse)
-any discrepancies need to be investigated
3 key factors of drug therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. distribution: how drug distributes
throughout body
2. metabolism: what route is it (slow or fast)
3. excretion: how the pt is urinating; kidney function (older adults need less dosage)
Differences of absorption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. slow absorption: skin, oral, SQ
2. quick absorption: sublingual, mucus membrane, respiratory
3. most rapid: IV
,High alert medication: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-insulin
-requires a 2 nurse check
Schedule of controlled drugs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Schedule I through V
schedule I - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs with no accepted medical use & high potential of
abuse
i.e. heroin, LSD, weed
Drug standards - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔purity, potency, bioavailability, efficacy, safety and
toxicity
If there is a medication error: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔report it immediately; the purpose of the
report is so same mistake won't happen again
Schedule II - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs with medical use & high potential for abuse
i.e. cocaine, oxycodone, codeine
schedule III - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs that are medically use w/ less potential for abuse
than schedule II
i.e. testosterone, ketamine, miscellaneous depressants
schedule IV - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs that are medically useful w/ less potential for abuse
than schedule III
, i.e. tranquilizers
schedule V - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs with medical use, low potential for abuse and produce
less of a physical dependance
i.e. cough syrup
uses for drugs: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Treatment, palliation, diagnosis, cure, and prevention of
disease
Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔how drugs enter body, metabolized, and excreted
Absorption - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-movement of a drug from its site of admin into
bloodstream
-determined by weight, sex, age, disease & genetics; how drugs
distribution - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔to tissues, & cellular site of action depending on the
physical & chemical properties
pharmacodynamics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔drugs effect on cellular physiology and biochem
onset - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔begins when drug reaches minimum effective concentration level
peak - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔occurs when high blood plasma concentration is achieved
duration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔length of time drug exerts a pharmacolic effect
