Routes of Administration
Pharmacokinetics
Terminology
Pharmacodynamics
Shake Well Before Using
100

What are the three routes of Administration?

Enteral, Parenteral, Topical

100

give the definition of pharmacokinetics

how medications travel through the body

100

The time that it takes for a drug to elicit a therapeutic response

What is Onset

100

name the three pharmacodynamic interactions

synergistic, antagonistic, incompatibility

100

Assigned by the United States Adopted Name Council

What is Generic Name?

200

Name one of the three oral preparations that have the fastest rate of absorption? 

Oral disintegration medications, buccal
medications, or soluble wafers

200

list the 4 ways medications travel through the body

absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion

200

A physiological need for a drug to avoid withdrawal.

What is Dependence

200

this type of pharmacodynamic interaction is when one drug reduces or blocks the effects of another drug

antagonistic

200

Liquids, powders, capsules, suspensions, and oral disintegrating.

What are enteral medications? 

300

The nurse is about to administer a sublingual medication. The patient states she'll get a snack after the nurse gives her the medication. The nurse should inform the patient that....

She can't have food or drink until the medication is dissolved

300

list the 3 things the distribution of medication is influenced by

circulation, permeability of cell membrane, protein binding

300

The transmission of medications from location of administration into the blood stream

What is Absorption

300

name the pharmacodynamic interaction where the effects of two drugs is greater than one

synergistic

300

Lowest concentration of a drug

What is a trough level?

400

The route of administration that avoids first-pass metabolism is.....

Transdermal

400

when thinking about absorption of medication, what "route" of medication administration has "no real barriers to absorption" 

SubQ/IM

400

The time it takes for the medication level in the body to drop by 50%

What is Half-Life

400

this type of pharmacodynamic interaction occurs when solutions are mixed together resulting in chemical deterioration

incompatibility

400

When the amount of drug being administered is the same amount being eliminated 

What is Steady State

500

Your patient is a 67-year-old inpatient male. You have to administer a parenteral Medication. He states that he has been stressed these past couple of days and is worried about his eczema flaring up. You know the number one nursing consideration would be...

Monitoring IV site

500

name the primary site for medication metabolism and name the primary site for medication excretion

liver for metabolism and kidneys for excretion

500

The difference between a therapeutic dose and a toxic dose of a drug.

What is Therapeutic Index

500

with an incompatible pharmacodynamic drug interaction, chemical deterioration can take place but what is another thing that can also form from this 








chemical precipitates

500

I cannot be crushed because it alters my rate of absorption 

What is extended release?

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