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The 4 pharmacokinetic actions of drugs
What are Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion?
A drug that binds to a receptor.
What is an agonist
N-acetyl-p-aminophenol is an example of this - otherwise known by its trade name, Tylenol.
What is a chemical name?
This type of hormonal therapy to treat breast cancer will block the activity of estrogen in the body.
What is androgen therapy?
Rods, cocci and elongated shapes
What are the shapes of bacteria?
When a mother passes on her immunity to her child at birth.
What is passive immunity?
Two types of transport into the cell.
What are active and passive transport.
A substance that decrease the effect of another drug and makes it go higher or lower by blocking access to the receptor. An example is Narcan.
What is an antagonist
The government agency responsible for approving all drugs sold in the US, ensuring correct labeling, effective for intended purpose, has been tested thoroughly.
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)?
What is breast cancer?
They use RNA and DNA to replicate
What are viruses?
This is another name for community immunity.
What is herd immunity?
The name of the effect when drugs are filtered through the liver.
What is First pass effect
When a drug blocks the action of another substance. For example a
What is displacement. Interference is when a substance interferes with the action of a drug like and antimicrobial blocking cell wall synthesis.
This organization sets the safety standards for all medication compounding and manufacturing
What is the USP - United States Pharmacopoeia ?
A patient on Cytoxan chemotherapy should report this symptom even if very mild.
(BONUS - a patient is most at risk for infection at this point after each dose )
What is a fever?
What is 7-10 days after each dose?
This is when a pathogen continues to grow after being treated with an antibiotic.
What is resistance?
This is the name of the governmental body that makes the current vaccine schedule.
What is the CDC or Centers for Disease Control?
The 2 organs through which most drugs are filtered.
What are the kidneys and the liver.
The combined action of 2 drugs together that is better than overall the sum of their effects - i.e. amoxicillin and clavulanate or combination chemotherapy
What is the synergistic effect?
When a patient gets itchy, develops hives and states they're short of breath after receiving an antibiotic.
What is an allergic reaction?
Chemotherapeutic drugs interfere with the normal growth of these other cells in addition to cancer cell growth.
What are bone marrow, hair, and GI tract cells?
The MOA of all Penicillins.
What is cell wall synthesis inhibition?
Nurses are responsible for reporting this if something bad happens when giving a vaccine.
What is an adverse reaction?
This is the name of the chemical activity that passively distributes drug from chamber to chamber of the body.
What is diffusion.
What two substances are put together in a drug such as in the vaccine MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) to increase the effect either would have independently.
What is an additive effect?
The rule that governs nursing in each state.
What is the Nurse Practice Act.
This type of chemotherapy avoids harming healthy cells and is more genetically specific for certain cell types.
What is targeted therapy?
This side effect of ruptures Achilles tendon has been associated with this drug.
What are fluoroquinolones?
This is the most common reason parents do not vaccinate their children.
What is fear of vaccine injuries?