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| The result of adding a medication to a container of intravenous solution |
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| Small glass vial sealed to keep contents sterile; used for subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous medications |
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| Ancient system of weight and volume measurements used to measure drugs and solutions |
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| Date on which specific categories of medications must be discontinued unless renewed by the physician |
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| Concentrated dose of medication or fluid, frequently given intravenously |
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| Central Line Catheter or Central Venous Catheter (CVC) |
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| Large catheter that provides access to the veins and/or to the heart to measure pressures |
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| Leakage of fluid into tissue surrounding a vein |
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| Drugs that reduce pain or induce sleep; can include sedatives, analgesics, and anesthetics |
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| To strain through or pass into a substance or space |
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| Intramuscular (IM) Injection |
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| Injection of a medication into a muscle |
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| Administered directly into a vein |
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| Intravenous Hyperalimentation or Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) |
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| Method used to administer calories, proteins, vitamins, and other nutrients into the bloodstream of a patient who is unable to eat. Must be infused into the superior vena cava through a central line catheter--not given through a peripheral IV catheter |
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| Method of giving concentrated doses of medication directly into the vein |
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| Method of giving concentrated doses of medication directly into the vein |
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| Medication Administration Record (MAR) |
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| List of medications that each individual patient is currently taking; it is used by the nurse to administer the medications |
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| Registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who administers medications to patients |
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| A system of weights and measures based on multiples of 10 |
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| Controlled drug that relieves pain or produces sleep |
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| Methods other than oral for giving fluids or medications (i.e., injections or intravenously) |
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| Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) |
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| Medications administered intravenously by means of a special infusion pump controlled by the patient within order ranges written by the physician |
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| A method by which drugs are usually administered intravenously in 50 to 100 mL of fluid |
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| Tests in which the reactive materials are placed on the skin or just beneath the skin to determine the presence of certain antibodies within the body |
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| Subcutaneous (SQ) Injection |
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| Injection of a small amount of a medication under the skin into fatty or connective tissue |
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| Medicated substance mixed in a solid base that melts when placed in a body opening; suppositories are commonly used in the rectum, vagina, or urethra |
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| Fine-particle drug suspended in liquid |
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| Solid dosage of a drug in a disk form |
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| Direct application of medication to the skin, eye, ear, or other parts of the body |
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| ante cibum (before meals) |
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| acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) |
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| cubic centimeter (same as mL) |
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| oculus dexter (right eye) |
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| oculus sinister (left eye) |
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| oculus unitas (both eyes) |
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| patient-controlled analgesia |
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| sublingual (under tongue) |
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| total parenteral nutrition |
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