10/20/2015 - Application of the Nursing Process in the MGMT of Pharmacology (2)

Question 1

The secondary effect of a drug that is unintended;

usually predictable and may be either harmless or potentially harmful

Answer 1

Side Effect

Question 2

The study of the absorption, distribution, biotransformation, and excretion of drugs

Answer 2

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 3

Toxic Effect

Question 4

The time required for the elimination process to reduce the concentration of the drug to one-half what it was at initial administration

Answer 4

Half-Life

Question 5

Drug interactions may be beneficial or harmful.

The effect of one or both drugs may be either increased ( ? ) or decreased ( ? ).

Answer 5

Drug interactions may be beneficial or harmful.

The effect of one or both drugs may be either increased (potentiating effect) or decreased (inhibiting effect).

Question 6

Anything that adversely affects normal cellular development in the embryo or fetus

Answer 6

Teratogenic Effect

Answer 7

Three Checks

(page 772)

Question 8

Medication is placed directly on skin, usually on a patch

Answer 8

Transdermal

Question 9

An effect that is unexpected and may be individual to a client.

Underresponse and overresponse to a drug may be idiosyncratic.

Also, the drug may have a completely different effect from the normal one or cause unpredictable and unexplainable symptoms in a particular client.

Answer 9

idiosyncratic effect

Answer 10

Over-the-Counter Drug

Question 11

1. ) Right medication 2.) Right dose
2. ) Right time 4.) Right route
3. ) Right client 6.) Right client education
4. ) Right documentation 8.) Right to refuse
5. ) Right assessment 10.) Right evaluation

Answer 11

Ten “Rights”

(page 773)

Question 12

A branch of pharmacology that examines the role of genetics in drug response.

Answer 12

Pharmacogenetics

Question 13

The process of creating the most accurate list possible of all medications a patient is taking

— including drug name, dosage, frequency, and route —

and comparing that list against the physician’s admission, transfer, and/or discharge orders, with the goal of providing correct medications to the patient at all transition points within the hospital.

Answer 13

Medication Reconciliation

Preventing adverse drug events (ADEs) is the incentive behind the idea of medication reconciliation