| A | B |
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| Drug | Any chemcial that can affect living processes |
| Pharmacology | the study of drugs and their interactions with living systems |
| Clinical pharmacology | The study of drugs in humans |
| pharmacotherapeutics | The use of drugs to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or prevent pregnancy |
| The three characteristics of a drug. | efectiveness, safety and selectivity |
| What is the therapeutic objective? | provide maximum benefit with minimal harm |
| Pharmacokinetics | Determines how much of the drug gets to the site of action |
| Pharmocodynamics | Determines the nature and intensity of the response |
| Name the 7 rights of drug administration | right drug, right patient, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation |
| Who has the responsibility of ensureing medication safety? | the nurse |
| What needs to happen before administering a drug to a patient? | Complet a Preadminstration Assessment |
| How to minimize toxicity? | Recognize early signs of toxicity and what the treatment is |
| Patient education about medications should include what? | Drug name, dosage and how to take, adherence, duration of drug use, and drug storage |
| HOw can nurses promte therapeurtic effects of medication? | minimize adverse effects and interactions. |
| Name the nursing process> | assessment, analyze, plan, implement and evaluate |
| Name steps of Clinical judgement measurement model (CJMM) | Recognize cue, anlyxe cues, priortize hypotheses, generate solution, take action and evaluate outcomes |
