Title: Identify principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.
Course: Practical Nursing II (14052-II) > Section: Introducing Concepts of Medication Administration

Identification should include

- therapeutic purpose of drugs
- drug absorption
- drug distribution
- metabolism/biotransformation
- drug excretion
- drug dosage
- drug dependency
- drug effects
- incompatibility and interactions (i.e., food-drug, drug-drug, herbal-drug).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the therapeutic purpose of drugs?
- What factors (e.g., blood levels) affect drug absorption?
- What factors affect drug distribution?
- What factors affect drug metabolism/biotransformation?
- What factors influence drug excretion?
- What factors are involved in determining drug dosage?
- What factors contribute to drug dependency?
- What are the general types of drug effects?
- What is the difference between drug incompatibility and drug interactions (i.e., food-drug, drug-drug, herbal-drug)?
- What are the common drug interactions, including drug-drug and drug-food?
- What is the difference between a drug side effect and a drug adverse reaction?