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Medications #1
Med Administration Part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True or False: The generic name of a medication is capitalized. | False! |
| True or False: The active ingredient should be the same in a brand name drug and its generic counterpart. | True! |
| True or false: The nurse must know the common uses and therapeutic dosage range for a medication before they administer it. | True! |
| What do you need if you have to waste a controlled substance? | Signature of a witness |
| What is an adverse effect? | severe side effect |
| What is drug toxicity? | drug accumulation in the blood stream because it cannot be readily metabolized |
| When one drug increases the action of another drug when given together, what is this called? | potentiation |
| A patient cannot take Amoxil because she is allergic to it. This is an example of a _________. | Contraindication |
| Your patient at the urgent care clinic took 1 mg of Ativan this morning because she felt more anxious than normal. Her doctor has prescribed 0.5 mg every morning. This is an example of _____________. | Non-compliance |
| A medication given via the sublingual route should be placed __________________. | under the tongue |
| Injection of a drug directly into a body tissue is the ______________ route of administration. | parenteral |
| The minimum dose of a drug is: | the smallest amount of drug that produces a therapeutic effect |
| A locally acting drug affects: | only the targeted area |
| A drug with a systemic action affects: | the body as a whole |
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ProfessorGemmel
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