The Basics of drugs
The study of the biological effects of chemicals
What is Pharmacology?
The way the body deals with a drug is called
What is pharmacokinetics?
An excessive response to the primary or secondary effect of a drug
What is hypersensitivity?
This part of the nursing process includes information gathering regarding the patient's current status
What is assessment?
The most widely used system of measure
what is the metric system?
Herbs and other natural products that are not controlled by the FDA
What is alternative therapy?
Chemicals that are introduced to the body to bring about a change
What are drugs?
How the drug affects the body is called
what is pharmacodynamics?
Formation of antibodies causing a subsequent immune response
What is a drug allergy?
Actions undertaken to meet patient needs
What is implementation?
One teaspoon is equal to how many ml?
What is 5?
Use of a drug that is not part of the stated therapeutic indication
What is off label use?
Initial trial of a potentially therapeutic chemical, done on animals
What happens to the drug from the time it is taken until it reaches the fluid and tissues
What is absorption?
An infection caused by organisms that are usually controlled by normal flora
What is a super infection?
Provides a framework for organizing patient information to implement safe and effective care
What is the nursing process?
This is used for determining pediatric body surface area
What is the West Nomogram?
non-prescription drugs with no known therapeutic use
What are street drugs?
What is the chemical name?
The movement of a drug into the body's tissues
What is distribution?
When an overdose of a drug causes multi system damage
What is poisoning?
A statement of the patient's status from a nursing perspective
What is nursing diagnosis?
This rule is used to calculate dosage for a pediatric patient when you have the age but no height or weight
What is The Fried rule?
This is also called germ warfare
What are biological weapons?
Drugs that have adverse effects on the fetus are called
What is teratogenic?
The time it takes for a drug to half its peak level in the body
What is half- life?
A drug used to decrease an abnormally high potassium level
What is Kayexalate?
The best time to document medication administration
What is after administering the medication?
2.2 pounds is equal to how many kilograms?
What is 1?
One of the largest influencers of consumers and drug therapy
What is the media?
Categorization of drugs that indicate abuse potential and associated regulation
What are controlled substance categories?
When a drug no longer causes the same reaction
What is tolerance?
Drooling, tremors, changes in gait are symptoms of this syndrome
What is Parkinson-like syndrome?
Two things nurses can do to help patients avoid medication errors at home
read labels and follow written directions
This unit is used to measure electrolytes
What is milliequivalents?
Drugs that are deemed safe when used as directed and do not require a prescription
What are Over the Counter Medications?
Inorganic compounds, plant and animal sources are all...
What are Natural sources of drugs?
A high dose of medication used to reach critical concentration is called
What is the loading dose?
Taking too much of this medication can cause ringing in the ears
What is Acetaminophen (Tylenol)?
One of the largest causes of patient death in the hospital is this...
What are medication errors?
This type of drug must be administered in liquid form
What is parenteral?
The use of a drug for therapeutic indications that are not stated by the FDA
What is off-label use?
This agency is responsible for regulation drug development and sales
What is the FDA?
The amount of a drug needed to cause a therapeutic effect is called
What is critical concentration?
Fatigue, drowsiness, anxiety, headache, and cold clammy skin are some of the symptoms of this
What is hypoglycemia?
The nurse's responsibility in ensuring medication safety includes ensuring use of these..
What are the "rights" of medication administration?
This IV solution set delivers 15 drops/ml
What is Macrodrip?
When seeking the accuracy of content found on the internet, these are two ways to evaluate sites
What is address identification and site evaluation?