Drug Actions and Body Responses
Understanding Pharmacology Essentials for Medication Safety
Nursing
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Questions
How are intrinsic drugs different from extrinsic drugs?
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How are the terms drug and medication different in the health care environment?
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Which patient response indicates a drugs therapeutic response?
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Which type of drug name is used mainly by drug developers and manufacturers, and not by prescribers?
What major consideration allows a drug to be available over the counter rather than by prescription?
Why must the nurse always ask a patient about his or her use of any herbal supplements or botanicals?
In the United States, which group is responsible for enforcing established standards for drug manufacturing?
How are the effects of naturally occurring testosterone changed when a patient is taking a drug that is a testosterone agonist?
Which statement about agonist and antagonist drugs is true?
The nurse is teaching a patient about adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Which precaution is most important for the nurse to include?
What would be a patients response to a drug dose that is below the minimum effective concentration (MEC)?
Morphine and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) are two types of opioid receptor agonists used for pain management. Hydromorphone is a more potent drug than morphine, and lower doses are needed to control pain. How do actions at receptor sites explain this difference?
Which drug administration route is most likely to result in reduced drug bioavailability?
Which drug administration route is the most dangerous?
Which factor is a major disadvantage of the transdermal drug delivery route?
The likelihood that a drug will sequester (be trapped) in fat cells and remain in the body longer is increased by which drug characteristic?
A patient has a deficiency of an enzyme that prepares a specific drug for elimination. When planning care for this patient, the nurse remains alert for which response or issue?
A patient has all of the following health problems. Which problem causes the nurse to be alert for an increased risk for drug side effects?
The nurse administers orally 400 mg of a drug with a half-life of 2 hours at noon. At which time will the patients blood drug level first be less than 40 mg?
A patient is prescribed a drug that has an extremely short half-life for chest pain (angina). Which modification in drug dosage or scheduling does the nurse expect?
Why are antibiotics from the tetracycline drug group seldom prescribed during pregnancy?
A patient with severe heart failure asks why the prescriber has lowered the dosages of most of the patients daily medications. What is the nurses best response?
A 25-year-old patient is prescribed a pregnancy category D drug for acne for 6 months. Which precaution is most important for the nurse to teach?
Which precaution is most important for the nurse to teach parents about giving an over-the-counter (OTC) drug to a child?
[Multiple Response] Which body tissues or fluids are routes of drug elimination? (Select all that apply.)
a. Bone marrow
b. Heart
c. Liver
d. Lungs
e. Ovary
f. Saliva g. Tears
[Multiple Response] Which body tissues or fluids are routes of drug elimination? (Select all that apply.)
a. Bone marrow
b. Heart
c. Liver
d. Lungs
e. Ovary
f. Saliva g. Tears
An adult patient weighing 180 lb is prescribed a drug dose of 2 mg/kg. What dose does the nurse prepare for this patient? _____ mg
