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Nurs 5334 Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam
Prep 240 Questions and Correct Answers/ Nurs
5334 Final Exam Practice Test Bank/ Advanced
Pharmacology UT Arlington
Define Pharmacokinetics - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The impact of
the body on drugs. How much of an administered dose
gets to its sites of action.
Four major pharmokinetic processes - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Drug absorption, drug distribution, drug metabolism, and
drug excretion.
Define Pharmacodynamics - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 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. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Patient care and patient
education.
Seven aspects of drug therapy. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Pre
administration assessment, dosage and administration,
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evaluating and promoting therapeutic effects, minimizing
adverse effects, minimizing adverse reactions, making
"as needed" (PRN) decisions, and managing toxicity.
Pre administration assessment - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 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 -
...ANSWER...✓✓ 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 - ...ANSWER...✓✓ pro re nata, a Latin phrase
meaning as needed
Nursing process - ...ANSWER...✓✓ ADPIE - Assessment,
analysis (diagnosis), planning, implementation, and
evaluation.
Nurs 5334 Advanced Pharmacology Final Exam
Prep 240 Questions and Correct Answers/ Nurs
5334 Final Exam Practice Test Bank/ Advanced
Pharmacology UT Arlington
Define Pharmacokinetics - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The impact of
the body on drugs. How much of an administered dose
gets to its sites of action.
Four major pharmokinetic processes - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Drug absorption, drug distribution, drug metabolism, and
drug excretion.
Define Pharmacodynamics - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 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. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Patient care and patient
education.
Seven aspects of drug therapy. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Pre
administration assessment, dosage and administration,
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evaluating and promoting therapeutic effects, minimizing
adverse effects, minimizing adverse reactions, making
"as needed" (PRN) decisions, and managing toxicity.
Pre administration assessment - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 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 -
...ANSWER...✓✓ 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 - ...ANSWER...✓✓ pro re nata, a Latin phrase
meaning as needed
Nursing process - ...ANSWER...✓✓ ADPIE - Assessment,
analysis (diagnosis), planning, implementation, and
evaluation.
