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Absorption Passage of med. molecules into the blood from site of administration.
Adverse Effects Severe responses to medication
Anaphylactic Reactions Severe, characterized by sudden constriction of bronchiolar muscles, edema of pharynx/larynx, wheezing, SOB.
Biotransformation Enzymes detoxify, degrade, and remove biologically active chemicals.
Detoxify Break down
Idiosyncratic Reaction Unpredictable effects
Instillations Fluid is retained
Intraarticular Injection of a medication into a joint
Intracardiac Injection of a medication directly into cardiac tissue
Medication Allergy Unpredictable reaction, can be mild or severe.
Medication Error Any event that could cause or lead a pt. to recieving inappropriate meds or failing to recieve appropriate meds.
Medication Interaction When one med. modifies another.
Metered-dose Inhalers Produce local effects like bronchiodilation.
Narcotics Controlled substances.
Nurse Practice Acts Have the most influence over nurseing practice. Defines scope of nurse's professional functions and responsibilities.
Parenteral Administration Injection of a medium into body tissues.
Peak Highest serum concentration of med
Pharmacokinetics Study of how meds enter body, reach their site of action, are metabolized, and exit the body.
Polypharmacy Means the client is taking many meds, prescribed or not, in attempt to treat several disorders at once.
Serum Half Life Time it takes for the excretion process to lower the serum medication concentration by half.
Side Effects Unintended, secondary effects a medication will predictably cause.
Solution A given mass of solid substance dissolved in a known volume of other fluid.
Synergistic Effect The effect of two medications combined is greater than the effect of the medications when given separately.
Therapeutic Effect The expected or predicted physiologic response a med causes.
Toxic Effect May develop after prolonged intake of med or when it accumulates in the blood due to impaired metabolism or excretion.
Z-Track Method Hold skin taunt, inject med, and when skin moves back over it seals into the muscle and doesn't leak into subcutaneous tissue. Use with medications that burn.
Medication Rights Right Medication, Dose, Client, Route, Time, Documentation
What right has been added to the traditional five rights? Right documentation
The nurse if having difficulty reading a physician's order for a medication. The nurse knows the physician is very busy and does not like to be called. The nurse should? Call the physician to have the order clarified.
The client has an order for 2 tbs. of Milk of Magnesia. The nurse converts this dose to the metric system and would give the client? 30 ml
Where do most medication errors occur? Failing to follow routine procedures
A client is to recieve cephhalexin 500mg PO. The pharmacy sent 250mg tablets. The nurse should give? 2 tablets
The primary intent of the state Nurse Practice Act is to what? Protect the public from unskilled, undereducated, and unlicensed personnel.
The nurse is responsible for following legal provisions when administering controlled substances or narcotics. Failure to do so may result in what? Fines, imprisonment, and loss of licensure
Pharmakokinetics is the study of how medications do what? Enter the body, reach their site of action, are metabolized, and exit the body.
Official publications such as the following set standards for medication strength, quality, purity, packaging, safety, labeling, and dose form. USP and the National Formulary
Enforcement of medication laws rests within the what? FDA
Which statement correctly characterizes drug absorption? Most drugs enter the systemic circulation to have a therapeutic effect.
The onset of drug action is the time it takes for a drug to do what? Produce a response
Which of the following is not a parenteral route of administration? Buccal
The nurse is preparing an insulin injection in which both regular and modified insulin will be mixed. Into which vial should the nurse inject air first? The vial of modified insulin
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