10/20/2015 - Application of the Nursing Process in the MGMT of Pharmacology

Question 1

The process by which a drug passes into the bloodstream

Answer 1

Absorption

Question 2

Exists in a person who exhibits an unusually low physiological response to a drug and who requires increases in the dosage to maintain a given therapeutic effect.

Drugs that commonly produce this effect are opiates, barbiturates, and ethyl alcohol

Answer 2

Drug Tolerance

Question 3

A filtering mechanism of the capillaries that carry blood to the brain and spinal cord tissue, blocking the passage of certain substances.

A highly selective permeability barrier that separates the circulating blood from the brain extracellular fluid (BECF) in the central nervous system (CNS).

Answer 3

Blood-Brain Barrier

Question 4

A severe allergic reaction that usually occurs immediately after the administration of a drug

Answer 4

Anaphylactic Reaction

Question 5

The study of the effect of racial and ethnic differences/responses to prescribed medication.

For example, certain medications may work well at usual therapeutic dosages for certain ethnic groups but be toxic for others.

Incorporates pharmacogenetics, which can also vary by race or ethnic group

Answer 5

Ethnopharmacology

Answer 6

Clearance

Question 7

Process by which a drug is converted to a less active form;

also called detoxification or metabolism

Answer 7

Biotransformation

Question 8

The transportation of a drug from its site of absorption to its site of action.

Answer 8

Distribution

Question 9

Severe side effects that may justify the discontinuation of a drug

Answer 9

Adverse Reaction

Question 10

The process by which metabolites and drugs are eliminated from the body.

Answer 10

Excretion

Question 11

Drug that inhibits cell function by occupying the drug’s receptor sites

Answer 11

Antagonistic Effect

Question 12

The _______ is assigned by the United States Adopted Names (USAN) Council and is used throughout the drug’s lifetime

Answer 12

generic name