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115 week 2 finals
Final notes week 2 115
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a P&P? All pharmacies must have them. | Policies and procedure handbook. |
| HCFA include what? | Medicare, Medicaid and HIPAA. |
| STAT means what? | "At once" (5-15 minutes) |
| ASAP means what? | "As soon as possible" |
| CPOE (computerized physician order entry) deciphers what? | Physicians handwriting resulting in less error. |
| E-MAR is what? | Each medication is bar coded and can be scanned with a handheld device. |
| How many nurses are present during controlled substance counts? | Two. |
| How many times a day are controlled substances counted? | Each shift, 2-3 times daily. |
| All written records must be written in pencil, this way they can be changed. T or F? | False. They must be written in pen. |
| Aseptic technique is a method used to prevent what? | Contamination of an object by microorganisms. |
| USP stands for what? | United States Pharmacopeia. |
| Nonchemotherapeutic IV meds are prepared in a horizontal flow hood. T or F? | True! |
| All drugs are labeled outside the pharmacy. T or F? | False. All drugs must be labeled before leaving the pharmacy. |
| What is the Julian date? | Consecutive day of the year. |
| Crash carts contain what? | Injectable meds used in code situations. |
| What is a satellite pharmacy? | A small specialty pharmacy within a hospital. |
| NaCI stands for what? | Sodium chloride. |
| Positively-charged electrolytes are called what? | cations. |
| Mg is what? | Magnesium. |
| Negatively charged ions are what? | Anions. |
| Electrolytes are essential for what? | Homeostasis and chemistry of the body. |
| Sodium regulates what? | The total amount of water in the body. |
| Potassium does what? | It is essential for the normal cell function. It regulates the heartbeats and muscle functions. |
| Cloride helps regulate what? | The total amount of body fluids. |
| Bicarbonate acts as a buffer to what? | The acidity in the body. |
| Magnesium is present in greatest concentration within the cell and is the second most abundant intracellular cation after what? | Potassium. |
| Phosphorus is essential for what? | Membrane structure, energy storage and transport in all cells. |
| Dehydration is what? | Excessive loss of body fluids. |
| Edema...is what? | The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the intracellular tissue space. |
| Hyponatremia is described as what? | A condition where serum sodium fall below the normal range. |
| Pseudohyponatremia is what? | When too much water is drawn into the blood. |
| Psychogenic polydipsia occurs when? | When people compulsively drink water. |
| Hypovolemic hyponatremia is what? | When someone who is dehydrated rehydrates too quickly. |
| Hypernatremia is an elevation is what? | Serum Sodium. |
| Hypokalemia is a condition in which what happens? | Potassium is lost from the body. |
| Hyperkalemia is high levels of what? | Potassium. |
| IV solutions are used to replace what? | Fluids and electrolytes. |
| IV electrolyte solutions can be classified as what? | Isotonic, hypotonic or hypertonic. |
| Isotonic fluids are close to the same osmolarity as...? | Serum. |
| Hypotonic is the opposite of what? | Hypertonic. |
| Colloids cannot cross membranes because they are what? | Too large. |
| What are crystalloids? | Solutions containing electrolytes. |
| Electrolytes are know as what 5 things? | Calcium, chloride, potassium, magnesium and sodium. |
| Management and treatment of dehydration include what 4 things? | Oral electrolyte solutions, glucose, sodium and sodium chloride. |
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