Pharmacology Lecture1

Question 1

Drug

Answer 1

Any chemical that can affect living processes
Ex. Bleach tie pods, etc

Too much of a drug can be toxic

Question 2

Pharmacology

Answer 2

The study of drugs and their interactions with living systems

Question 3

Clinical pharmacology

Answer 3

The study of drugs in human

Question 4

Therapeutics

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Three most Important IDEAL drug

Answer 5

Effectiveness
Selectivity
Safety

(Want the drug to treat what we want it to treat

Question 6

Is safety possible when taking a drug?

Answer 6

Not possible could make you drowsy, aspirin causes ulcers, etc

Question 7

Reversible action

Answer 7

Able to be metabolized or chemically nullified

Question 8

Predictability

Answer 8

Knowing how the patient will respond

Question 9

Ease of administration

Answer 9

Convenient route, low number of doses per day

Question 10

We want a drug To provide maximum benefits

Answer 10

While doing minimal harm

Question 11

Toxicity

Answer 11

Too much of a drug can be toxic

Question 12

What happens when you give to little of a drug?

Answer 12

It will not be effective

Question 13

Pharm o kinetics

Answer 13

Explain how a drug moves through the body

Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion

Question 14

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 14

Explain how the drug effects the body

Ex placebo effect
Patients functional state

Question 15

Nursing process

Answer 15

A decision making process for nurses

Question 16

APIE

Answer 16

Preassessment and analysis
Planning
Implantation
Evaluation

Question 17

Three goals for assessment

Answer 17

Collect baseline data
Identify high risk patients
Assess patients capacity for self care

(Vital signs)

Question 18

Why collect baseline data

Answer 18

Safety response identifying high risk patients
Assessing patients self care ability

Question 19

Baseline data

Answer 19

Patient history
Physical exam
Lab results
BP/vs
Blood sugar
Height and weight

Question 20

High risk patients

Answer 20

Liver and kidney impairment
Genetic factors
Drug allergies
Pregnancy
Elderly
Pediatric

Question 21

Liver

Answer 21

Primary organ that metabolizes drugs

Question 22

Kidney

Answer 22

Filters out drugs ,

Question 23

Analysis phases

Answer 23

When we create a nursing diagnosis

Question 24

Example of a nurses diagnosis

Answer 24

Tell a pt you have shortness of breathe