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Dive into the realm of clinical pharmacology with the Test Bank for Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology 10th Edition by Visovsky. Spanning 254 pages and encompassing 20 detailed chapters, this resource is your gateway to understanding pharmacological fundamentals.

TEST BANK INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 10TH EDITION By Constance Visovsky, Cheryl Zambroski, Shirley Hosler 1. The LPN is collecting data for the initial assessment of a patient upon admission to a long-term care facility before giving the patient’s prescribed drugs. Which action should the LPN consider to be the highest priority? a. Obtain any special equipment that will be needed to give the patient’s drug. b. Monitor the patient for a response to the drug given. c. Collect ...

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Exam Questions And Answers (Verified And Updated) Pharmokinetics - answerwhat the body does to the drug (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) Pharmacodynamics - answerwhat the drug does to the body; mechanism of action Why do we administer drugs intramuscularly? - answerFor drugs with poor absorption (or no IV line) What routes bypasses the liver(portal circulation) initially? - answerRectal and sublingual What are the 4 steps of a Pharmacokinetic Study...

Clinical Pharmacology Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers Drug - answerAny chemical that can affect living processes Pharmacology - answerStudy of drugs and their interactions with living systems Clinical pharmacology - answerStudy of drugs in humans Pharmacotherapeutics - answerUse of drugs to diagnose,prevent, or treat disease or prevent pregnancy Properties of an Ideal Drug - answerEffectiveness Safety Selectivity Reversible action Predictability Ease of administration Freed...

Your patient refuses to take his drug so you decide to crush his pills and mix them in his oatmeal. However, you must inform him or his family of your method of getting him to take his pills. Covert drug administration Before you crush his pills, however, you refer to the Institute of Safe Medicine website to ensure the pill can be used in this way. Do not crush list You suspect that one of your colleagues is actually not providing his patient all the drugs ordered for her pain. Instead the nu...

Guidelines to be used in the promotion of safe medication administration include the following: 1. Know the policies of the hospital or agency. 2. Give only the medication for which the physician has written and signed the order. 3. Check with the head nurse or physician when in doubt about any medication. 4. Ensure that all data on the electronic medical record, medicine card, or Kardex corresponds exactly with the label on the patient's medicine. 5. Always have another person (e.g., the head ...

What types of drugs prevent or control nausea and vomiting? A. Antiemetic drugs B. Antimotility drugs C. Antidiarrheal drugs D. Antipropulsion drugs Antiemetic drugs *these drugs control nausea and prevent vomiting which often occur together, and the same drugs are used for both problems Which common drug for nausea/vomiting is a 5-HT3-receptor antagonist? A. Ondansetron B. Promethazine C. Scopolamine D. Metoclopramide Ondansetron *Ondanestron (Zofran, Zuplenz) is a 5-HT3 receptor antagonis...

Pharmacodynamics The study of a medication's mechanism of action and the effects the medication has on the body Pharmacokinetics Study of how a drug is processed by the body, with emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of action, distribution, and method of excretion Drug distribution and elimination Drug delivery systems, route of administration, modes of excretion Drug Any substance (other than food or device intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, relief, treatment, or pr...

Six rights of medication administration right drug, right dose, right time, right route, right patient, right documentation Documentation of drug administration Patients status prior, medication, time, dose, route, location, patients response. Note how and when drug was given. Document drug administration in patients chart after administering. Evaluation of medication administration Determine if the goals were met and you can move on to the next priority health need. Or determine how to modify...

Natural opioids come from opium, which comes from unripe seed capsules of the poppy plant. Contains many chemicals (morphine and codeine) Pain Unpleasant sensation or emotion that produces tissue damage (subjective) Acute pain related to injury such as recent surgery, trauma, or infection...ends within expected time Chronic pain pain that continues beyond usual course of acute injury process Tolerance drug related problem that is seen when the same amount of drug loses effect over time Depe...

Histamine A chemical the body produces that causes the inflammatory response. Antihistamine Relieve the effects of histamine on body organs and structures Antihistamines Limit the release of acetylcholine, producing an anticholinergic (drying effect) In bronchioles and GI system Antihistamines Have a sedative effect on the central nervous system Histamine H2 antagonist Compete with histamine at H2 receptor sites, only H2 receptors located in the GI tract FDA OTC cough and cold products not ...

Pharma reps need a solid understanding of 3 things 1.) Anatomy 2.) Physiology 3.) Clinical pharmacology Anatomy the study of the basic structures of the body Physiology the study of how those body structures function Clinical Pharmacology study of the effects and movement of drugs in the human body How many prescriptions dispensed each year in the US? more than 3 billion the ____ recorded the earliest surviving prescriptions Babylonians Pen Tsao (Great Herbal) -recorded by the chinese and ...