A reaction characterized by itching and a skin rash.
What is an allergic reaction?
100
This organization is responsible for approving new drugs in the United States.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
100
This information is included in an initial assessment.
What is pregnancy status, allergy history, occupational history, and vital signs?
100
Mobility issues, forgetfulness, visual impairment, and cognitive deficits might support this nursing diagnosis
What is ineffective self health management?
100
Carcinogenic medications are those that are known to cause harm to fetus. True or False?
Extra points for knowing the correct term.
What is False?
200
When drugs interact with each other and produce an effect that is greater than the sum of their separate actions, this is known as what kind of reaction?
What is a synergistic reaction?
200
Health care providers report adverse effects to the FDA during this phase of drug development.
What is the post marketing surveillance phase?
200
Taking vitals signs is gathering an assessment as well as what kind of data?
What is objective data?
200
This information should be included when creating a teaching plan for a patient.
What is the expected effect of the drug, any information the client should report, and how the drug should be taken?
200
Primary sites for medication absorption
What are the kidneys and the liver?
300
Signs of anaphylactic shock.
What is dyspnea, urticaria (hives), and angioedema?
300
This federal legislation classifies drugs according to their potential for abuse.
What is the controlled substances act?
300
Before administering medications to a patient, the nurse should review this data.
What is both objective and subjective data as it pertains to the medication?
300
The steps to carry out nursing activities falls under this part of the nursing process.
What is the planning phase?
300
True or False
Herbal medications can affect the way other medications act.
What is True?
400
When a patient is requiring more of a medication to have the same desired affect, this is known as what?
What is drug tolerance?
400
This act was passed to encourage development and marketing of products for rare diseases.
What is the Orphan Drug Act?
400
This information is supplied by the patient and/or the family.
What is subjective data?
400
The proper order for the steps to the nursing process.
What is Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation?
400
When a patient has stopped taking a medication, it is known as non-compliance. What is important to find out in regards to non-compliance?
What is why the patient stopped taking the medication?
500
In patient's with liver/kidney disease, the body is unable to metabolize and excrete one dose of medication before the next dose is given. This is known as...
What is cumulative drug effect?
500
This group explores complementary and alternative healing practices using scientific research
What is the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
500
True or False
Assessments only need to be completed upon an initial encounter with a patient.
What is False?
500
Risk for Injury is an example of this part of the nursing process.
What is the nursing diagnosis phase?
500
The time requires for the body to eliminate 50% of a drug is known as this...