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Q: What is pharmacodynamics?
A: What a drug does to the body; describes how it causes changes in cells.
Q: What is Schedule I?
A: Drugs with no accepted medical use, high abuse risk (e.g., heroin, LSD).
Q: What is Schedule II?
A: Drugs with high abuse risk, accepted medical use (e.g., morphine, oxycodone).
Q: What is Schedule III?
A: Drugs with moderate abuse risk (e.g., acetaminophen with codeine).
Q: What is Schedule IV?
A: Drugs with low abuse risk (e.g., diazepam, lorazepam).
Q: What is Schedule V?
A: Drugs with lowest abuse risk (e.g., cough meds with small amounts of codeine).
Q: What is the DEA?
A: Drug Enforcement Administration; enforces laws on controlled substances.
Q: What is the Controlled Substance Act?
A: 1970 law that regulates manufacturing, prescribing, and dispensing of drugs with abuse potential.
Q: What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
A: 1906 law requiring accurate labeling of ingredients.
Q: What is OSHA?
A: Occupational Safety and Health Administration; ensures workplace safety, including safe handling of medications.
Q: What does STAT mean in drug orders?
A: Give immediately, one-time only.
Q: What does NOW mean in drug orders?
A: Give quickly (within 90 minutes).
Q: What does PRN mean in drug orders?
A: Give as needed.
Q: What does routine mean in drug orders?
A: Give regularly on a schedule.
Q: What does one-time order mean?
A: Give a single dose at a specified time.
Q: Name oral routes of administration.
A: PO (by mouth), sublingual (under tongue), buccal (in cheek).
Q: Name parenteral routes of administration.
A: IV (intravenous), IM (intramuscular), subQ (subcutaneous).
Q: What is an agonist?
A: A drug that binds to a receptor and causes an action.
Q: What is an antagonist?
A: A drug that binds to a receptor and blocks an action.
Q: What is synergism?
A: Two drugs working together to produce a stronger effect.
Q: What is a side effect?
A: Expected but undesirable effect.
Q: What is an adverse effect?
A: Unexpected harmful effect.
Q: What is an allergic reaction?
A: Immune response to a drug.
Q: What is anaphylaxis?
A: Severe, life-threatening allergic reaction.
Q: What direction is diffusion?
A: Movement from high to low concentration.
Q: What is osmosis?
A: Movement of water to balance concentration.
Q: What is filtration?
A: Movement through pores due to pressure differences.
Q: What is a generic drug?
A: The official drug name (e.g., acetaminophen).
Q: What is a trade drug name?
A: The brand name given by the manufacturer (e.g., Tylenol).
Q: What is absorption?
A: How a drug enters the bloodstream.
Q: What is metabolism?
A: How the body breaks down the drug (mostly in liver).
Q: What is elimination?
A: How the body gets rid of the drug (mostly kidneys).
Q: List the rights of drug administration.
A: Right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation, right to refuse.
Q: What are high alert drugs?
A: Drugs where errors can cause serious harm (e.g., insulin, heparin, chemotherapy, opioids, potassium chloride).
Q: What is tolerance?
A: Needing higher doses to get the same effect.
Q: What is dependence?
A: Physical or mental need for a drug.
Q: What is abuse?
A: Misusing a drug for non-therapeutic reasons.
Q: What does ADPIE stand for?
A: Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation.
Q: What does PINCH stand for?
A: Potassium, Insulin, Narcotics, Chemotherapy, Heparin.
Q: What should a nurse do about a misadministration?
A: Report it, document it, monitor the patient, complete incident report.
Q: What must be on a prescription to get filled?
A: Patient name, date, drug name, dose, route, frequency, prescriber signature, DEA number for controlled substances.