Routes of Administration
What are the three routes of Administration?
Enteral, Parenteral, Topical
give the definition of pharmacokinetics
how medications travel through the body
The time that it takes for a drug to elicit a therapeutic response
What is Onset
name the three pharmacodynamic interactions
synergistic, antagonistic, incompatibility
Assigned by the United States Adopted Name Council
What is Generic Name?
Name one of the three oral preparations that have the fastest rate of absorption?
Oral disintegration medications, buccal
medications, or soluble wafers
list the 4 ways medications travel through the body
absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
A physiological need for a drug to avoid withdrawal.
What is Dependence
this type of pharmacodynamic interaction is when one drug reduces or blocks the effects of another drug
antagonistic
Liquids, powders, capsules, suspensions, and oral disintegrating.
What are enteral medications?
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
list the 3 things the distribution of medication is influenced by
circulation, permeability of cell membrane, protein binding
The transmission of medications from location of administration into the blood stream
What is Absorption
name the pharmacodynamic interaction where the effects of two drugs is greater than one
synergistic
Lowest concentration of a drug
What is a trough level?
The route of administration that avoids first-pass metabolism is.....
Transdermal
when thinking about absorption of medication, what "route" of medication administration has "no real barriers to absorption"
SubQ/IM
The time it takes for the medication level in the body to drop by 50%
What is Half-Life
this type of pharmacodynamic interaction occurs when solutions are mixed together resulting in chemical deterioration
incompatibility
When the amount of drug being administered is the same amount being eliminated
What is Steady State
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
name the primary site for medication metabolism and name the primary site for medication excretion
liver for metabolism and kidneys for excretion
The difference between a therapeutic dose and a toxic dose of a drug.
What is Therapeutic Index
with an incompatible pharmacodynamic drug interaction, chemical deterioration can take place but what is another thing that can also form from this
chemical precipitates
I cannot be crushed because it alters my rate of absorption
What is extended release?