Pharm 1

Study of drugs

study of drugs in humans

study of drugs to prevent disease, treat disease, prevent pregnancy diagnose disease

effectiveness, safety, and selectivity

undo what drug does

predict what drug will do

how drug is givin

interaction of drugs to create a different effect

allows people to afford the drug

if combined with something else it could affect the chemical stability or if says keep in fridge and it is kept at room temp

to provide maximum benefit with minimum harm

social, cultural, biological factors that can affect the drug

inherit a gene that affects how drug may work in the body

environmental factors: interaction between genes and environment & how body responds to drug based on interaction between genes &environment

required drug manufacturers to prove that drug is effective before being approved b FDA and mad them adequately advertise side effects

Narcotics help to regulate and address increasing issue of drug abuse and those highly addictive

drug companies have to do post marketing risk surveillance (can't stop doing research on drug after it is on market)

makes healthcare more affordable to general population and quality of healthcare

scientific long name (N-acetyl-para-aminophenol)

"Fancy Name"- the active ingredient in the drug

what the public will call it

more complicated than trade names

1 drug can have multiple tradenames,other countries may not use same US trade name,OTC prod w/ same trade name may have diff. active ingredi

ANPIE - Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, Planning, Implementations & Nursing Interventions, Evaluation

Collecting baseline data, identifying high risk patients, capacity for self care (don't want to give drug patient can't give self)

a non-medical diagnosis based on patient's assessment data

Goal Setting: patient centered, realistic, acceptable to patient & nurse, shared w/ providers & family, identifies evaluation methods

right drug, right patient, right dose, right route, right time

assessment, education, evaluation, documentation, right to refusal

means as needed

drug name, dosage size, dosing schedule, route, expected & therapeutic response & when it should be seen,nondrug measures 2 enhance response

Patient adherence, satisfaction with treatment, implementing nondrug measures

take drug history, advise no OTC drugs, monitor for known adverse interactions, be alert for as yet unknown interactions