HSC 3147- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 41 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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Pharmacology: the study of drugs, their uses, and their interaction with living systems. Before administering medications safely, health professionals must know forms of drugs and what patient factors could affect actions of the drugs: the knowledge includes: The expected action and correct dosage of drugs. Appropriate patient education for safe delivery of the medication. A complete history of medication use must be documented with each patient encounter to assist the physician in safely and effectively prescribing medications. Prescription medications are also known as legend drugs. The physician prescribes a drug to be lled by the pharmacy. Administer: to give the medication by the route prescribed. Legislation requires that all drugs with the same name and dosage be of uniform strength, quality, and purity so each prescription lled for a given medication is the same in all pharmacies. Drug manufacturers must meet standards set in the united states pharmacopeia-
