Nurs 5334 Advanced Pharmacology 52 Correctly Answered Questions Latest Update

Two major areas in which you can apply pharmacologic knowledge. {Ans: Patient care and patient education.}Metabolism {Ans: }**If a patient has kidney disease you would {Ans: Decrease your maintenance dose; loading dose stays the same (doesn't affect clearance)}Examples of adverse effects {Ans: Anticancer drugs cab increase the risk for infection, high doses of opioids can cause respiratory depression, aspirin and other related drugs can cause severe gastric ulceration, perforation, and bleeding when take for prolonged period}Complete nursing diagnosis {Ans: A statement of the pt's actual or potential health problem, a statement of the problem's probable cause or risk factors, and the signs, symptoms, or other evidence of the problem. Statements are separated by the phrases related to and as evidenced by}**IV route dosing (parenteral) {Ans: Goes directly to the body. Results in 100% bioavailability. Decreasing first pass effect, decreasing absorption limitations, extractions... By passes absorption and extraction.}Absorption {Ans: Enteral route involves the GI system (oral) Parenteral route = IV, IM Transdermal = through the skin Respiratory = droplet, inhalation}Four major pharmokinetic processes {Ans: Drug absorption, drug distribution, drug metabolism, and drug excretion.}Three most important properties of an ideal drug {Ans: Effectiveness: