Question | Answer |
What are the emergency uses for Atropine, Calcium Chloride, Dextrose, Diphenhydramine, Dopamine, Ephinepherine, Furosemide, Hetastarch, Lidocaine, & Magnesium Sulfate? | Counter agent for chemical agents, Cardiac resuscitation, hypoglycemic reaction, Anaphylaxis with epinepherine, shock, Anaphylaxis with benydryl, acute pulmonary edema, emergent blood loss, stitches, and toxemia or preclampsia. |
What do the abbreviations aa, ad, MDI, U, mEq, SL, IA, & TPN mean? | of each, as desired, metered dose inhaler, unit, milliequivalent, sublingual, intra-arterial, & total parenteral nutrition |
What are the formulas for converting degrees F to degrees C, and degrees C to degrees F? | F=1.8C+32, C=F-32/1.8 |
What are the parts of a syringe? What is the hole on a needle called? Whats the most common size? | Plunger, barrel, tip hub, and needle; a bevel; 25g; |
What are the characteristics of an oral syringe, and a hyperdermic syringe? | colored, no needle, tip not centered, non sterile; clear, needle, centered tip, sterile. |
What are the 5 patient rights | the right patient, dose, route or dosage form, time, and right drug |
What are the absorption percent of tablets/capsules, liquid gels/SL/Strips, Luquid, INJ(IM, SC, ID) and IV? | 30-40%; 40-6-%; 50-70%, 60-80%; and 80-100% |
Who are authorized prescribers? Who are authorized recievers? | MD,PA,NP,D; RN, Pharmacist |
What are medication orders, and what are prescriptions? | orders given verbally or written to keep track of whats given in hospitals clinics, and doctors offices; an order for medication to be taken to an ambulatory or outpatient pharmacy |
What is an auxillary label? what is a sig code? | supplemantary instructions; directions for use |
What is a trade name? What is a generic name? | A name given to a drug my the manufacturer. A non proprietary name given to a drug by the FDA usually derived from the chemical name. |
What can be found on a medication label? what can be found on a prescription label? | the drug name(Trade/Generic/both), the dosage strength, the LOT or batch #, the exp date; teh patients name, the doctors name and number, the name of the drug, the dosage strength |
What does NDC stand for and what does it tell us? | national drug code; the product type the manufacturer, and the sixe of the container. |
what is a duluent? what is reconstitution? | a liquid added to a substance; the process of adding a diluent to a powder to change a medicine into liquid form. |
What are signs of a fake prescription? | neat handwriting, the wrong dea #, no signature. |
what information can you use to identify a patient? | name, drivers lisence nimber, birth date, and address, |
What is the household equivalent of 5cc? | 1tsp; |
what is a nosocomial infection? | an infection acquired in a hospital |