Medication Administration
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| What is a meds chemical name? | medication is named by its chemical composition
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| What is a meds generic name? | official or non proprietary name that is given by the US
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| What is a meds trade name? | brands or proprietary name that is given by the company that manufacturers the med, multiple trade names
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| Uncontrolled substances require monitoring by? | a provider
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| Uncontrolled substances do not pose a risk for? | addiction
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| controlled substances have a potential for? | abuse
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| Catagory A for meds during preg are? | safe
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| Catogory X for meds during preg are? | dangerous
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| Meds are organized according to? | pharmacologic action, therapeutic use, body system, chemical makeup, and safe use during preg.
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| What is mechanism of action? | how the med produces the desired therapeutic effect
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| What is therapeutic effect? | preferred and expected effect for which the med is administered
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| What does a routine prescription identify? | meds that are given on a regular schedule
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| What is a single one time prescription? | once at a specific time or as soon as possible
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| What is a stat prescription? | only given once, and given now
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| What is a standing prescription? | written for specific circumstances or for specific units
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| A prescription includes? | Clients name, date and time, name of med, dose of med, route of med, time and freq. to take, and sig. by provider
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| When taking a telephone prescription try to have? | a second nurse listen on an extension
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| With multiple tablets or vials you should? | question it
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| Only give medications that are? | personally prepared
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| 1 mg = | 1,000 mcg
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| 1 g = | 1,000 mg
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| 1 kg = | 1,000 g
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| 1 0z = | 30 ml
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| 1 L = | 1,000 ml
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| 1 tsp = | 5 ml
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| 1 tbsp = | 15 ml
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| 1 tbsp = | 3 tsp
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| 1 kg = | 2.2 lbs
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| 1 gr = | 60 mg
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| IV flow rates must be calculated for? | electronic IV pumps or manual infusions
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| IV pumps are set in whole? | ml/hr
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| Manual IV is based on? | ggt/min
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| Dimensional analysis is a method of calculation in which? | a series of ratios or factors, organized in the form of fractions are multiplied
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| IV therapy involves? | administering fluids via an IV catheter
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| Advantages of IV therapy are? | fast absorption, less discomfort, constant therapeutic blood levels, less irritation
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| What are the disadvantages of IV therapy? | fluid overload is possible, immediate absorption leaves no time to correct errors, irritation, infection
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| IV access can be via a? | peripheral or central vein
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| Do not write on IV bags with? | pens or markers
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| Fluids should not hang more than? | 24 hrs
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| 16 gauge for truama clients for? | rapid fluid volume
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| 18 gauge for surgical clients for? | reapid blood administration
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| 22-24 gauge for ? | all other clients
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| What are signs of infiltration? | pallor, local swelling, low skin temp around the site, damp dressing, slowed infusion
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| What are signs of phlebitis? | edema, throbbing, burning, pain, red line up the arm, slowed infusion
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| What are signs of hematoma? | ecchymosis at site
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| What do you do for phlebitis? | stop, elevate, warm compress, restart dif. spot
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| What do you do for hematoma? | do not appy alcohol, pressure, warm compress
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| What are signs of cellulitis? | pain, warm, edema, induration, red streaking, fever, chills, and malaise
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| What do you do for cellulitis? | stop, elevate, warm compress, specimen for culture, administer antibiotics, analgesics, and antipyrectics
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| What are sings of fluid overload? | distended neck veins, increase blood pressure, tachycardia, short breath, crackels in lungs, edema
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| What do you do for fluid overload? | stop, raise HOB, VS, Adjust rate, administer diuretics
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| What are signs of catheter embolus? | missing catheter tip, severe pain
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| What do you do for catheter embolus? | place the tourniquet high on the extremity, prepare for removal under x ray
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| CNS stimulation causes a risk for? | seizures
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| NSAIDS cause? | GI upset
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| MAOI= | No TYRAMINE
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| Category A: | no risk to fetus
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| Category B: | no evidence in animal fetus
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| Category C: | AE in animals
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| Category D: | AE in human
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| Category X: | AE in animal and human
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| Read Again? | But know most!
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