Nursing Process
Which phase of the nursing process requires the nurse to establish a comprehensive baseline of data concerning a particular patient?
Assessment
A drug that binds to and inhibits the activity of one or more receptors in the body.
Antagonist
Any preventable adverse drug event involving inappropriate medication use by a patient or health care professional, it may or may not cause harm.
Medication error
The nurse recognizes that drug dosages in older adults are based on which factor?
Weight
An act that protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change jobs. It also protects patient information.
HIPAA
The nurse monitors the fulfillment of goals, and may revise them, during which phase of the nursing process?
Evaluation
In pharmacokinetics, the time required for half of an administered dose of drug to be eliminated by the body, or the time it takes for the blood level of a drug to be reduced by 50%.
Half-life
Any abnormal and unexpected response to a medication, other than an allergic reaction, that is peculiar to an individual patient.
Idiosyncratic reaction
The use of many different drugs concurrently in treating a patient, who often has several health problems.
Polypharmacy
The nurse is administering a medication, and the order reads: "Give 250 mcg PO now." The tablets in the medication dispensing cabinet are in milligram strength. What is the right dose of the drug in milligrams?
0.25 mg
The nurse prepares and administers prescribed medication during which phase of the nursing process?
Implementation
Drug interactions in which the effect of a combination of two or more drugs with similar actions is greater than the sum of the individual effects of the same drugs given alone.
Synergistic effects
A procedure to maintain an accurate and up-to-date list of medications for all patients between all phases of health care delivery.
Medication reconciliation
When we consider excretion in the older adult, what body system declines in roughly two-thirds of older adults?
Renal
During a busy night shift, the nurse notices a medication order that reads: "Give amoxicillin, 500 mg PO three times a day." What is the most important thing the nurse must check before giving this medication to the patient?
Drug allergies
During which phase of the nursing process does the nurse prioritize the nursing diagnoses?
Planning
The length of time the concentration of a drug in the blood or tissues is sufficient to elicit a response.
Duration of action
unexpected, unintended, or excessive responses to medications given at therapeutic dosages.
Adverse drug reactions
Unintentional adverse effects that are caused by the actions of a prescriber or other health care professional, or by a specific treatment.
Iatrogenic effects
The initial metabolism in the liver of a drug absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract before the drug reaches systemic circulation through the bloodstream.
First-pass effect
Which phase of the nursing process is used to prioritize the human needs and specify outcomes including the time frame for their achievement?
Planning
The lowest concentration of drug reached in the body after it falls from its peak.
Trough level
How many "rights" of drug administration is listed in the textbook.
9
Medications that are legally available without a prescription.
Over-the-counter drugs
The nurse is administering a medication, and the order reads: "Give 0.125 mg PO now." The tablets in the medication dispensing cabinet are in microgram strength. What is the right dose of the drug in micrograms?
125 mcg