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32 Cards in this Set
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6 "Rights" of medication administration
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Right Drug
Right Dose Right Time Right Route Right Patient Right Documentation |
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5 Steps of Nursing Process in Drug Administration
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Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation |
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Pharmacotheraputics
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The desired, theraputic affect of the drug.
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Pharmacodynamics
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What effects the drug has on the body.
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Pharmacokinetics
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What changes occur to the drug once it enters the body.
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Contraindications & Precautions
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Conditions under which the drug should not be used or must be used with careful monitoring.
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Adverse affects
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Unintended and usually undesired affects of a drug.
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Drug interactions
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Effects that may occur when a drug is given with another drug, food or other substance. Good or bad
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4 Aspects of Pharmacokinetics
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Absorption
Distribution Metabolism Excretion |
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Allergy
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Immune system response
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Antagonistic effect
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A therapeutic effect that is less than the effect of either drug alone because the second drug either diminishes or cancels the effects of the first drug.
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Toxicity
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Specific patterns or groups of symptoms related to drug therapy that carry risk for permanent damage to an organ or system and may result in death.
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Bioavailability
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the extent to which a nutrient or medication can be used by the body.
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Chemical name
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Precisely describes the drug's chemical and molecular structure
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Drug interaction
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When one drug is affected in some way by another drug.
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Drug solubility
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The amount of a drug that can be dissoved.
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Generic name
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Nonproprietary name which identifies the drug's main ingredient.
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Hypersensitivity
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abnormally susceptible physiologically to a specific agent
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Idiosyncratic response
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An individual's unique response to a drug - not anticipated
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Iatrogenic
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induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures
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Incompatibility
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A chemical inactivation or reaction between two or more drugs inside or outside of the body.
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Peak
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Min time to reach max theraputic level in the blood that is not toxic
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Placebo
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an inert or innocuous substance used especially in controlled experiments testing the efficacy of another substance (as a drug)
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Serum Half-Life
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The amount of time required to remove half of the blood concentration of a drug.
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Side affects
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Expected affects of a drug on the body, can be good or bad
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Steady State
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The balance created in the body when the amount of drug coming in equals the amout going out.
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Synergystic Affect
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When two or more drugs are used in combination to create a greater affect than either drug would have alone.
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therapeutic margin/effect
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The intentional and desirable effect of a drug.
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Trough
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When a drug is at its lowest level in the body.
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Durham-Humphrey Amendment (1952)
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Prescription/Non-prescription drugs
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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
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Tainted beef and high use of opioids.
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Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act 1983
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Established the authority of the FDA.
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