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Pharm 1 Test 2
Legal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 3 Legal requirements before med administration | 1)The med order must be valid 2)The prescriber and the nurse must be licensed 3)The nurse must know the purpose, actions, effects, and major adverse effects, and the teaching requirements |
| US Health care system on culture | "One size fits all" type of treatment |
| Drug polymorphism | The effect of a patient's age, gender, size, body composition, and other variables such as ethnicity with associated changes in how an individual absorbs or metabolizes specific drugs. |
| Cultural affects on health care | Homeopatic or herbal therapies and cultural diets can alter drug response |
| Examples of Cultural practices | Folk medicine, home remedies, amulets, balances of good/evil, good/bad, yin/yang, etc |
| Maternalism | Knowing what's best for you |
| Nurses responsiblities to clients | Promote health, Prevent illness, Restore health, Alleviate suffering |
| Nurses ethics | Guidance for nurse's actions |
| Nonmalfeasance | The duty to do no harm |
| Beneficence | The duty to do good |
| Autonomy | Client empowerment |
| Justice | Fair and equal treatment for all |
| Fidelity | Faithfulness to one's obligations |
| Integrity | Being true to one's word |
| Productliabilty exist if | 1)A product is defective or not fit for its resonable foreseeable uses 2) The defect arose before the product left the control of the manufacturer 3)The defect caused some person harm |
| Testing, phase I | Small number of human volunteers, used to determine pharmacokinetics |
| Testing, phase II | Limited controlled evaluationl in selected individuals with the targeted disease; closely monitored for side effects and effectiveness |
| Testing, phase III | extended clinical evaluation; tested in various centers in US in larger numbers of individuals |