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Nurs 205 – Final exam Study Guide
Pharmacokinetics and Medication Administration (NURS 205)
Widener University
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Nurs 205 – Final exam Study Guide
1 is legend drug? Prescribed by the FDA 2. Trade name vs Generic name trade name is the brand and geneteric is the nonproprietary drug name 3. Prophylactic, empiric, definitive therapy Pro – preventative measures Emepric – drug admission when certain pathogenic condition has a high level of happening Definitive - 4. Diffusion, active transport, biotransformation Diffusion – no atp Active transport – needs atp to move Biotransformation – how the drug changes in the body 5. First pass effect, half-life First pass effect when the drug gets metabolized faster and half life is when half of the drug has worked 6. Withdrawal, tolerance, substance abuse, addiction- definition Withdrawl- when a patient is having symptoms with no drugs Tolerance – when you need more for the desired effect Substance abuse – misuse of a drug
Addiction - when there is a psychological need for the drug 7. Pharmacodynamics- definition what the drug does to the body 8. Synergistic, Additive, antagonistic Synergistic works together to have greater effect Additive no greater effects Antagonistic has oppsosite effect 9. Wernicke’s encephalopathy, Korsakoff’s psychosis Wernickes a neuro disorder characterized by apathy, drowsiness ataxia nystagmus and opthalmosplesa Korascoffs a syndrome of amnesia with confabulation (making up stories) associated with alcohol abuse 10. What is High Alert medication? High alert medications are medications that need to be double checked with another nurse 11. what is Pharmacokinetics and its phases Pharmacokenetics – bodies effect on the drug absorbtion distribution metabolism excretion 12. Peak, onset of action, duration Peak is when drug is most effective Onset of action is when the drug starts working Duration is how long the drug is active for
Volemia is blood volume
Nurs 205 – Final exam Study Guide
Course: Pharmacokinetics and Medication Administration (NURS 205)
University: Widener University
