Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Mod 5 Week1 Pt&Pharm
Mod 5 Week 1 PT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What responsibilities are assigned to a technician in the Clean Room? | Prepare intravenous medications for patients in the hospital including chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition. |
| Waht temperature should refrigerated medications be stored at? | 36-46 F, 2-8 C |
| Oral medications which must be prepared following a specific recipe or formula, usually because they are not available commercially are called what? | extemporaneous compounds |
| What are medications that cannot be divided into unit dose increments? | eye drops, creams, and metered dose inhalers |
| The pharmacy technician is filling an order that reads "Montelukast 10mg tid". The technician knows that this medication is usually given once daily. What should the technician do? | Contact pharmacist then the prescriber |
| What is the clean room in a pharmacy designed for? | For the preparation of sterile products |
| What is a pharmacy satellite? | A branch of inpatient pharmacies that provides the preparing, dispensing, and monitoring of medications in specific patient areas |
| What is HIPAA? | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It protects the privacy of patient health information |
| Which health care worker is allowed to prescribe medications for patients? | Medical doctors, Nurse practitioners and Pharmacist in some states |
| What are examples of IV anti-infective medications? | Acyclovir, Ampicillin-Sulbactam, Cefazolin, Ceftriaxone, Clindamycin, Fluconazole, Ganciclovir, Gentamicin, Metronidazole, Piperacillin-Sulbactam, Vancomycin |
| Why do many patients with congestive heart failure resist taking ACE inhibitors? | Persistant and annoying cough |
| What is congestive heart failure? | A condition in which the heart can no longer pump adequate blood to the body's tissues (accumulation of fluid in body tissues or edema) |
| What is a sign of "Dig Toxicity" in a patient taking digoxin for congestive heart failure? | Nausea, Vomiting, Arrythmia, Vertigo, Apearance of yellow-green halos around objects |
| What is the drug of choice for acute attacks of angina? | Nitroglycerin |
| What term refers to an abnormally slow heart rate? | Bradycardia |
| What is angina? | A chest pain due to an imbalance between Oxygen supply and Oxygen demand |
| Which disease is a risk factor for heart problems? | Diabetes |
| What does the systolic blood pressure reading represent? | The pressure when the heart ejects, or empties, blood |
| What drug is a phosphodiesterase inhibitor used for IV therapy of congestive heart failure and calcium channel blocker intoxication? | Milrinone, Primacor |
| What antiarrythmic agent is also an anticonvulsant agent? | Phenytoin (Dilantin) |
| Which drug is an inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme and is used to treat congestive heart failure and hypertension? | Lisinopril |
| What term describes a thickening of the heart muscle in an enlarged heart? | MyocardioHypertrophy |
| What pacemaker cells of the heart generate a normal cardiac rythm? | SA Node (sinoatrial) |
| Which drug is a beta blocker that is commonly used in the treatment of angina? | Acebutolol (sectral) |
| What was the first beta blocker approved for treatment of congestive heart failure? | Carvedilol (Coreg) |
| Which drug classes are used to treat angina? | Beta blockers, Nitrates, Calcium channel blockers |
| What term describes the electrical signal that causes a muscle to contract? | Action potential |
| What are two lifestyle factors that may contribute to the development of heart disease? | Obesity and Diabetes |
| What form of angina is characterized by coronary artery spasm? | Variant angina |
Created by:
aorth