Pharm Quiz 2

Question 1

What is a Drug?

Answer 1

Any chemical that can affect living process

Question 2

Define Pharmacology

Answer 2

Study of drugs and their interactions with living system.

Question 3

Define clinical Pharmacology

Answer 3

study of drugs in humans.

Question 4

Define Therapeutics

Answer 4

Also Known as pharmacotherapeutics

The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or to prevent pregnancy.

Question 5

Medical use of drugs

Answer 5

It is why the drugs are used

Question 6

3 most important properties of an ideal drug?

Answer 6

effectiveness, safety, and selectivity

Question 7

what is the most important property a drug can have?

Answer 7

Effectiveness. The drug elicits the response for which it is given.

Question 8

Therapeutic Objective of Drug Therapy ?

Answer 8

To provide maximum benefit with minimum harm

Question 9

3 important determinants of drug responses?

Answer 9

Dosage size, route of administration, timing of administration

Question 10

No drug is 100% safe True or false?

Answer 10

True

Question 11

1 error in nursing?

Answer 11

Medication errors

Question 12

Insulin does two things?

Answer 12

Moves potassium out of the blood into the cells
Helps with blood sugar

Question 13

what are example of medication errors?

Answer 13

Not ordered or given correctly

Question 14

1 class of drugs in which client adherence is the lowest?

Answer 14

hypertensive

Question 15

Define Pharmacokinetics?

Answer 15

process of determining how much of a drug dose gets to the site of action

Question 16

Four major pharmacokinetic processes

Answer 16

Drug absorption
Drug distribution
Drug metabolism
Drug excretion

Question 17

Drug absorption excludes?

Answer 17

I.V.

Question 18

Define pharmacodynamics

Answer 18

processes that determines the intensity/impact of the drug response on the body.

Question 19

Side Effects?

Answer 19

it is expected and predictable

Question 20

Adverse effects?

Answer 20

More serios and unexpected.

Question 21

Five basic drug right?

Answer 21

Right drug
Right dose
Right route
Right patient
Right time

Question 22

R.N.s must verify the dosage is correct prior to administration of which drugs?

Answer 22

insulin
narcotics
pediatric medications

Question 23

2002/2003 legislation allowed for research on drug efficacy/safety in?

Answer 23

Children

Question 24

Identifies which drugs are hazardous for handling?

Answer 24

NIOSH
National institute for occupational safety and health

Question 25

How many years for a new drug to be approved?

Answer 25

10-15yrs

Question 26

Normal albumin

Answer 26

3.5---5.5

Question 27

what are the liver enzymes?

Answer 27

AST ALT

Question 28

Normal Range for Liver enzymes

Answer 28

AST & ALT 10-40 u/mL

Question 29

What are the most common G.I. effects

Answer 29

Nausea Vomiting Diarrhea

Question 30

What labs to check for kidney function?

Answer 30

B.U.N PCR

Question 31

Normal lab values for kidney fuction?

Answer 31

B.U.N 10-20 mg/mL PCR 0.5-2.0mg/mL

Question 32

Category X not generally prescribed to someone who is?

Answer 32

pregnant

Question 33

3 checks of medicaiton

Answer 33

Before During When giving

Question 34

Normal blood sugar

Answer 34

70-100

Question 35

Never insulin without?

Answer 35

checking the blood sugar give if normal and patient is going to eat

Question 36

Should be approved by a provider before taking?

Answer 36

herbs and over the counter drugs

Question 37

Antidote for Tylenol

Answer 37

acetylcysteine

Question 38

Over the counter drugs (OTC) are FDA approved. True or False

Answer 38

False

Question 39

Most reliable way to objectively asses drug therapy?

Answer 39

Randomized controlled trial

Question 40

what drug accounts for 60% of all doses administered?

Answer 40

OTC

Question 41

most p.o. drugs are absorbed in the?

Answer 41

Small intestine due to a greater surface area

Question 42

The greater the blood flow the...

Answer 42

quicker the absorption

Question 43

Quickest route or administration

Answer 43

I.V.

Question 44

route used to deliver the drug to tissue that possesses a large amount of blood flow

Answer 44

I.M.