Nursing Pharmacology Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

substance abuse {Ans: self-administration of a drug that does not conform to the medical or social norms within the patients given culture or society}nursing process {Ans: five part decision making system that includes assessment nursing diagnosis planning implementation and evaluation}tolerance {Ans: process of adapting to a drug over a period of time and subsequently requiring higher doses to achieve the same effect}therapeutic index (LI) {Ans: the ratio of a drugs LD50 to its ED50}margin of safety (MOS) {Ans: the amount of drug that is lethal to 1% of anmals divided by the amount of drug that produces a therapeutic effect in 99% of the animals}sedatives {Ans: substances that depress the CNS and cause drowsiness or sleep}evaluation {Ans: systematic objective assessment of the effectiveness and impact of interventions}teratogens {Ans: agent that causes birth defects}Affinity {Ans: the ability of some tissues to attract, accumulate and store drugs in high concentrations relative to other tissues}reticular formation {Ans: portion of the brain affecting awareness and wakefulness}goal {Ans: what the patient should be able to achieve and do based on the problem or nursing diagnosis established from the assessment data}median lethal dose (LD50)