Pharmacology
Nomenclature assigned using established guidelines from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) that is usually difficult to pronounce.
What is the chemical name of a drug?
Treatment for allergic reaction to medication.
What is administer antihistamines or epinephrine?
Most common medication route.
What is oral?
Pregnancy category that is the safest.
What is pregnancy category A?
How drugs move from the site of administration throughout the body.
What is absorption?
Drug names usually listed in lower case.
What are generic drugs?
Name 2 things that the nurse check prior to administering medications.
What is client identity, allergies, and lab values impacted by the medication?
Route of transdermal patch.
What is topical?
Undesirable experience associated with the use of medication.
What is an adverse effect?
Common protein that contributes to protein-binding by creating drug-protein complexes.
What is albumin?
List 2 ways to identify a client before administering medication?
What is name, DOB, ID band?
List at least 3 signs of an allergic reaction.
What are hives, rash, SOB, itchy/ watery eyes, GI symptoms?
Fastest absorption route.
What is IV?
Substance that has the potential to cause a defect in an unborn child during pregnancy.
What is teratogen?
List 2 factors that impact drug metabolism.
What is age, genetics, and impaired liver function?
Organization that regulates medications and medication research.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
Identify 3 checks that nurses complete prior to administering medications.
What is compare with the MAR, checking during preparation, and checking prior to administering medication?
Alternative medication route for someone with emesis.
What is rectal, topical, sublingual?
What schedule is the most restricted controlled substance?
What is schedule I medications?
Identify 2 things that impact absorption of medication.
What is Digestive motility, Blood flow, pH of local environment, Drug-drug/food-drug interactions, Blood-brain barrier and fetal-placenta barrier?
Vitamins, herbal products, minerals, dietary supplements, and natural plant extracts.
What are Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practices/ therapies?
List at least 6 rights of medication administration.
What are Right patient, Right medication, Right dose, Right route of administration, Right time of delivery, Right documentation, Right reason, Right response?
List the 3 routes of medication administration.
What is enteral, parenteral, and topical?
Identify at least 5 pharmacotherapeutic principles of medication administration that nurses are expected to know.
What is What drug is ordered, Name (generic and trade) and classification, Intended or proposed use, Effects on the body, Contraindications, Special considerations, Growth and development, Side effects, Why the medication is prescribed to the patient, How the medication is supplied by pharmacy, How the medication is administered?
Which organ is primarily responsible for medication metabolism and which organ is responsible for medication excretion?
What is liver metabolism and kidney excretion?