Practice Nursing Pharmacology Medication Safety questions with answers and explanations.
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Competitive antagonist is a reversible receptor blocker whose effect can be overcome by increasing agonist concentration.
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First-pass metabolism is presystemic metabolism that reduces oral bioavailability before a drug reaches systemic circulation.
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Half-life is the time required for the plasma concentration of a drug to fall by one half.
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Therapeutic index is a measure comparing toxic and effective doses and indicating a drug safety margin.
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Right patient is verification that a medicine is administered to the intended patient using reliable identifiers.
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Right medicine is verification that the selected product matches the prescribed medicine.
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Right dose is verification that dose strength and calculation are correct for the patient.
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Right route is verification that the medicine is given by the prescribed and appropriate route.
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Right time is administration at the prescribed time or interval, accounting for clinical relevance.
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First-pass metabolism is presystemic metabolism that reduces oral bioavailability before a drug reaches systemic circulation.
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Half-life is the time required for the plasma concentration of a drug to fall by one half.
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Therapeutic index is a measure comparing toxic and effective doses and indicating a drug safety margin.
