Introduction to Pharmacology Flashcards
The study of drugs and how they affect living beings includes the physical and chemical characteristics as well as the biochemical and physiological impacts.
Pharmacology
Any chemical that can affect living processes is called?
Drug
Ensuring that the prescription is complete by reading back to the provider the details of the order are what nurses must do when receiving what type of order?
Telephone Order
It is a type of medication prescription wherein medications are given on a regular schedule with or without a termination date.
Standard prescription
It is a drug effect which are usually expected and inevitable when medication is given at a therapeutic dose.
Side Effects
These are drugs that affect multiple receptor.
Nonselective
What type of medication prescription are given only once and should be given immediately?
Stat prescription
It is a medication that can block the normal receptor activity regulated by endogenous compounds.
Antagonist Medication
It describes the relationship between the therapeutic dose of the drug and the toxic dose of a drug.
Therapeutic Index
The study of the effects of the drugs on the body is called?
Pharmacodynamics
It is the use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease.
Pharmacotherapeutics
It is a drug name which is official, non proprietary name, and not owned by any company and is universally accepted. Example: ampicillin
Generic Name
Proprietary name, chosen by the drug company and registered as trademark. Example: Tylenol®
Brand Name
A medication order in which the nurse has discretion regarding when to give the drug and in some case, how much to give. Its literal meaning is “as needed”.
PRN r in Latin term “pro re nata” which means “as the situation demands” or “as needed”
It is the study of the movement of the drug throughout the body
Pharmacokinetics
