Pharmaco~ what?!?!
In the Patient
Nursing Process
Drug Administration
Moving on up. . . or down
100
The desired therapeutic effect of the drug
What is pharmacotherapeutics
100
Effects that may occur when the drug is given along with another drug, food, or substance.
What is drug interactions
100
Identify significant interactions between core drug knowledge and core patient variables
What is nursing diagnosis
100
The route of medications that are administered by a syringe, needle, or catheter
What is parenteral
100
Movement of the drug from the site of administration to the bloodstream
What is absorption
200
The changes that occur to the drug while it is inside the body
What is pharmacokinetics
200
The amount of activity or exercise; sleep-wake patterns; occupation; financial resources or access to health insurance coverage; eating preferences; use or abuse of substances; use of alternative health practices
What is lifestyle, diet, and habits
200
Assessment of the effectiveness of interventions
What is evaluation
200
Ventrogluteal, deltoid, rectus femoris, and vstus lateralis
What is intramuscular (IM) injection sites
200
The removal of the drug, or what the drug became after metabolism, from the body
What is excretion
300
The effects of the drug on the body
What is pharmacodynamics
300
In the patient, the presence of disease, illness, and allergy; chronic conditions causing system or organ dysfunction; diminished memory of mental capacity
What is health status
300
Process by which core patient variable and core drug knowledge are determined
What is assessment
300
The technique for administering a drug directly into the blood stream
What is intravenous
300
The movement of drug particles inside the body and the processes that occur during this movement.
What is pharmacokinetics
400
The study of how genetic variables affect the pharmacodynamics of a drug in a specific patient
What is pharmacogenetics
400
Conditions under which the drug should not be used or must be used carefully with monitoring
What is contraindications and precautions
400
Identify actions to maximize therapeutic effects and actions to minimize adverse effects
What is planning
400
This route utilizes the gastrointestinal tract for administration and absorption of drugs
What is enteral
400
The conversion of the drug into another substance or substances
What is metabolism
500
The branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action
What is pharmacology
500
Unintended and usually undesired effects that may occur with use of the drug
What is adverse effects
500
Integrate and implement strategies to maximize therapeutic effects and minimize adverse effects. Provide patient and family education.
What is intervention
500
This form of medication is placed under the tongue
What is sublingual
500
The movement of the drug through the bloodstream, into the tissues, and eventually into the cells
What is distribution
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