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pharm chapt 4
pharm unit one
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why is cultural diversity important in nursing? | It affects health behaviors, medication use, and access to care. |
| What is ethnopharmacology? | Study of how cultural factors affect drug response. |
| What is pharmacogenomics? | Study of how genetic traits influence drug metabolism and response. |
| What is drug polymorphism? | Variation in drug response due to genetics, environment, age, and gender. |
| What factors influence adherence? | Beliefs, family, education, socioeconomic status. |
| How can herbal remedies affect drugs? | Cause interactions or alter metabolism. |
| Key principle in cultural care? | Never assume—assess each individual. |
| Best hypertension drugs for Black patients? | Diuretics and calcium channel blockers. |
| What should nurses assess culturally? | Language, beliefs, remedies, diet, family support. |
| How should nurses communicate instructions? | Clear, precise, avoid contractions. |
| : What should education consider? | Language, beliefs, eye contact, and touch. |
| Purpose of Controlled Substances Act? | Regulates drug schedules I–V. |
| What does HIPAA protect? | Patient privacy. |
| Schedule I drugs? | No medical use, high abuse (e.g., heroin). |
| Schedule II drugs? | High abuse, accepted use (e.g., morphine). |
| Nurse responsibilities? | Documentation, verify orders, monitor misuse. |
| What happens in Phase I trials? | Safety testing in healthy volunteers. |
| What is Phase IV? | Postmarketing surveillance. |
| What is autonomy? | Respecting patient decisions. |
| What is beneficence? | Promoting good. |
| What is nonmaleficence? | Do no harm. |
| what is justice | fair treatment |
| what is veracity | truthfulness |
| what is confidentiality | privacy |
| When can patients withdraw from a research study | anytime |
| drug recalls come in how mant stages | 3 |
| class one drug recall | most serious |
| class two drug recall | temporarily and reversible harm |
| class three drug recall | less severe |
| HIPPA | health insurance portability and accountability act |
| malpractice elements | duty, breach of duty, causation, damage |
| what is a duty | role or responsibility |
| what is a breach of duty | didn't perform duty or responsibility |
| causation | was breach of duty the cause |
| damage | was damage resulted from breach of duty |
| if procedure violates personal ethics | do not abandon patient |