Terminologies in Introduction to Pharmacology

Question 1

What is paharmacology?

Answer 1

Study of drugs and their interaction with living things wich encompasses the physical, and chemical properties, biochemical and physiologic effects.

Question 2

What is Clinical Pharmacology?

Answer 2

Study of drugs in human for patient and volunteers

Question 3

What is PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS?

Answer 3

The use of drugs to diagnose prevent or treat disease.

Question 4

10 rights to medication administration

Answer 4

1. RIGHT PATIENT
2. RIGHT ROUTE
3. RIGHT TIME
4. RIGHT DRUG
5. RIGHT DOSE
6. RIGHT DOCUMENTATION
7. RIGHT EDUCATION
8. RIGHT TO REFUSE
9. RIGHT ASSESMENT
10. RIGHT EVALUATION

Question 5

PRN stands for?

Answer 5

(Pro re nata) “as needed”

Question 6

What does PRN means?

Answer 6

PRN medication order in which the nurse has discretion regarding when to give drug and in some case, how much to give.

Question 7

What is PHARMACOKINETICS?

Answer 7

Study of the movement of the drug throughout the body.

Question 8

Define PHARMACODYNAMICS

Answer 8

• Study of the effects of the drugs in the body.

*Drugs act within the body to micmic the actions of the body’s own chemical messengers

Question 9

What is therapeutic effects?

Answer 9

This is the preferred and unexpected effect for which the medication is administered to a specific client. One medication may have more than one therapeutic effect.

Question 10

What does side effect means?

Answer 10

These are usually expected and inevitable when is medication is given at a therapeutic dose.

Question 11

What does adverse effect means?

Answer 11

These are undesired, inadvertent, and unexpected dangerous effects of the medication. Adverse effect usually are identified according to body system.

Question 12

Telephone order means?

Answer 12

Medication prescriptions are written in the chart by the provider or nurse who takes verbal or telephone prescription.

*If possible, have another nurse listen in on extension

Question 13

What does metabolism means?

Answer 13

Change medications into less active/ inactive form by the action of enzymes

Question 14

Steady state means?

Answer 14

Plateau drug level, amount of drug administered is equal to the amount eliminated ( optimal therapeutic effect)

Question 15

What does loading do?

Answer 15

Giving a large initial dose so therapeutic effect is achieved while a steady state is reached

Question 16

Maintenance do?

Answer 16

Dose needed to maintain drug concentration at a steady state, consistent dosing and interval

Question 17

Therapeutic index means?

Answer 17

Describes the relationships between the therapeutic dose dose ofnthe drug and the toxic dose of a drug

Question 18

Patient adherence also known as?

Answer 18

Also known as compliance is defined as the extent to which a patients behavoir concides with medical advice

Question 19

qd stands for?

Answer 19

(quaque die) “every day”

Question 20

q3h stands for?

Answer 20

(quaque 3 hora) “every three hours”