Exam 1: PRN 1381/ PRN1381 (Latest 2023/2024 Update) Principles of Pharmacology Exam Review| Guide with Verified Answers | Rasmussen
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Nursing
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Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
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The Kardex is ...
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a pen and paper flip-file card system used for many years that has important information from the patient summary form and the physician's orders
-not a legal document and is discarded when patient is discharged
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High-Alert Drugs
PINCH
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Potassium
Insulin
narcotics (Opiods)
Chemotherapy
heparin (or any drug that interferes with blood clotting)
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Black Box Designation
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drug has a higher-than-normal risk for causing serious and even life-threatening problems in addition to its positive effects
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Medication Reconciliation
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practice of comparing the patient's drug order to all of the drugs that the patient has been taking
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Steps of the Nursing Process
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Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
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Subjective Data
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obtained through questioning; information that cannot be measured
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Objective Data
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obtained through observation; information that is observed or could be verified by another
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Techniques used to get objective data
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Inspection: close observation
Palpation: feeling
Percussion: detecting differences in vibrations through the skin
Auscultation: listening w/ a stethoscope
QUESTION
The nine rights of giving a med
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1. right patient
2. right drug
3. right dose
4. right route
5. right time
6. right reason
7. right documentation
8. right response
9. right to refuse
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Pharmacokinetics
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what the body does to the drug
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Pharmacodynamics
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what the drug does to the body
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Pharmacotherapeutics
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the use of drugs in the treatment of disease
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drugs attach to ______________________ within the body and form a _____________
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receptor site
chemical bond
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Agonist
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Drug attaches at receptor site and activates the receptor; the drug has an action similar to the body's own chemicals
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Partial agonist
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Drug attaches at drug receptor site, but only a slight chemical action is produced
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Antagonist
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Drug attaches at drug receptor site, but no chemical drug response is produced and the drug prevents activation of the receptor
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Solubility
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