Pharmacology Kee Ch. 1-4, 7, 8, 11

Question 1

What type of substance passes the blood-brain barrier?

Answer 1

fat-soluble

Question 2

What is pharmaceutics?

Answer 2

Getting drug into a form that can pass a biological membrane.

Question 3

Monitor the therapeutic range of _____ for toxicity.

Answer 3

digoxin

Question 4

Drug interval depends on _____

Answer 4

half-life

Question 5

Avoid ___ foods just before taking enteric-coated meds.

Answer 5

fatty

Question 6

What drug is a good combo with demerol?

Answer 6

vistaril (hydroxyzine)

Question 7

Administration of a drug influences cell physiology. What is the term for this concept?

Answer 7

pharmacodynamics

Question 8

Pharmacokinetics studies ___

Answer 8

what the body does to a drug

Question 9

Add steroid to make _____ work better

Answer 9

antinflammatories

Question 10

Name 2 metabolizing inducers

Answer 10

progesterone and st. johns wort

Question 11

Don’t take this drug with milk

Answer 11

tetracycline

Question 12

dont take this drug with fiber

Answer 12

digoxin

Question 13

worst drug for grapefruit (hint: it is for HTN)

Answer 13

felodipine (Plendil)

Question 14

Drug labels were first required in ____

Answer 14

1938

Question 15

Phenobarbital is a schedule ___ drug.

Answer 15

IV

Question 16

Avoid eating ________ whan taking spironolactone (aldactone). Why?

Answer 16

salt substitutes, because they have potassium and spironolactone is a potassium sparing diuretic

Question 17

Male nurse caring for married Muslim woman should ____

Answer 17

identify pt preference for touch

Question 18

Don’t consume this at the time you take antacids.

Answer 18

citrus fruit

Question 19

Significant changes in a pregnant woman’s _____ system occur in the third trimester.

Answer 19

renal

Question 20

Aminoglycoside antibiotics and _______ can cause what kind of toxicity?

Answer 20

furosemide (Lasix), ototoxicity

Question 21

This drug potentiates morphine.

Answer 21

Tagamet (Cimetidine)

Question 22

Drugs that stunt child growth.

Answer 22

Glucocorticoids like prednisone (anti-inflammatories)

Question 23

The nurse uses an appropriate drug reference to obtain drug parameters prior to administration of a medication. To which step of the nursing process does this action most closely correspond?

Answer 23

nursing intervention includes getting drug parameters from a reference

Question 24

Taking all measures to ensure the accuracy of the drug dosage prior to administration is part of the _____phase of the nursing process.

Answer 24

planning