Pharmacology Overview - CNUR 202

These flashcards cover key concepts in pharmacology, focusing on medication administration, safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics.

Ethical Considerations

Promoting health and wellbeing, respecting informed decision making, and honouring patient dignity.

The 10 Rights of Medication Administration

Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right Time, Right Route, Right Reason, Right Documentation, Right Evaluation, Right Education, Right to Refuse.

Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR)

An undesired effect that occurs in response to a medication.

Medication Reconciliation

A patient safety initiative aimed at reducing adverse drug events during transfers and transitions in care.

Pharmacokinetics

The study of how medications move through the body, encompassing absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.

First Pass Metabolism

The process by which the concentration of a drug is significantly reduced before it reaches systemic circulation.

Pharmacodynamics

The study of what drugs do to the body and how they do it.

Therapeutic Index

The range of drug concentration in which a drug is effective without being toxic.

Medication Errors

Preventable events that may cause inappropriate medication use or patient harm.

Placebo

An inactive substance or treatment used as a control in clinical trials.

Patient Safety

Practices that reduce the risk of injury to patients.

Polypharmacy

The concurrent use of a large number of drugs by a patient.