NUR 325 Test 4
- generic names for drugs
- brand names for drugs
- oral medication forms
Answer name that a pharmaceutical company officially gives a drug after it is developed not capitalized
Answer drugs commercial or proprietary name capitalized
Answer tablet, capsule, powder, liquid
- enteric-coated drugs
Answer dissolve when the drug reaches the intestine
- extended release
Answer release over a period of time, also known as extended length, sustained release or sustained action
- Immediate-release form
Answer expedites release of drug
- factors that affect rate of release 1 / 3
Answer -reactant concentration -physical state of reactant -surface area -temp -presence of catalyst
- If drug is water-soluble, client has good blood flow and tissue perfusion
Answer -
absorption is faster
- drug is not water-soluble, client has slowed or impaired blood flow or tissue perfusion
Answer absorption is slower
- Intravenous
Answer immediate onset and complete absorption
- subcutaneous
Answer rapid absorption if highly water soluble and good circulatory flow, slow is poor or impaired
- Intramuscular
Answer rapid absorption if highly water soluble and good circulatory flow, slow is poor or impaired
- Factors that affect absorption
Answer drug solubility and client blood circulation
- what is absorption
Answer movement from administration site to various tissues 2 / 3
- first pass effect
Answer amount of oral drug avaliable after passing through the liver
- areas that have rich blood supply
Answer areas that receive highest level of the drug (liver, kidney, heart)
- areas that have poor blood supply
Answer areas that have lowest level of drug received (bones, areas with natural barrier)
- Metabolism
Answer change that occurs in a drug into a more or less potent form of the drug, more soluble form of the drug, or an inactive form of the drug
- where metabolism primarily takes place
Answer liver is responsible where this pri- marily takes place
- Half life
Answer time it takes for a drug to decrease in amount by half
- If patient has decreased liver and/or kidney function
Answer affects the level of drugs in the body; may experience adverse and toxic effects more easily
- onset
- / 3
Answer amount of time it takes for the drug to demonstrate a therapeutic re- sponse