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| What are signs of inflammation? |
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Definition
| swelling, pain, warmth and redness |
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| What are the steps in acute inflammation? |
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Definition
redness/heat
edema
pus
clots
pain |
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| What chemical mediator causes pain? |
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Definition
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| What is the number one class that is used to treat inflammation? |
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Definition
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| What is the first choice of drug for mild inflammation? |
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Definition
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| What patients should you not give aspirin to? |
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Definition
| Ulcer patients and babies. |
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| What is the first choice of drug for severe inflammation? |
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Definition
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| What are serious adverse effects of inflammation? |
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Definition
| It can mask infection; especially those who are autoimmune suppressed. (diabetic) |
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| What is a critical part of preventing illness and helping children maintain their health? |
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Definition
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| What are four methods of producing safe and effective vaccines... |
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Definition
1) attenuated (live) vaccines
2) Inactivated (killed) vaccines
3) toxoids
4) recombiant vaccines |
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| The most common adverse effect of NSAIDs is... |
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Definition
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| What OTC med is not classified as an NSAID? |
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Definition
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Term
| The patient taking glucocorticoids is at risk for? |
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Definition
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Term
| A diabetic patient taking prednisone states that his blood sugar is higher than normal. The health care provider's most appropriate response would be? |
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Definition
| Prednisone can cause blood sugar levels to increase. |
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Term
| What is the 3rd most common cause of death in the US? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the 3 classes of drugs for bacterial infections? |
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Definition
Aminoglycosides
Fluoroquinoione
Sulfonamide |
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Definition
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Term
| What is a bacteriostatic? |
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Definition
| A drug that SLOWS the growth of bacteria. |
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Term
| If you, as the nurse, are given two different antibiotics, what should you do? |
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Definition
| Give them at two different times. Antibiotics don't have synergistic effects. |
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Term
| What would slow down absorption of a penicillin? |
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Definition
| If there is food in the GI tract. |
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Term
| What two drugs are excreted through the bile and not urine? |
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Definition
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Term
| What two drugs can you not give together? |
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Definition
| Penicillin G and aminoglycosides. |
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Term
| What is acquired resistance? |
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Definition
| A patient develops an infection that is resistant to conventional drug therapy. |
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Term
| True or False. Antibiotics did not create the mutation that caused the bacteria resistant. |
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Definition
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Term
| What generation antibiotic crosses the blood-brain barrier? |
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Definition
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Term
| What to remember with Tetracyclines? |
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Definition
| Drink with water, avoid milk, makes you photo sensitive, good zip zapper. |
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Term
| What patients should avoid gentamicic? |
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Definition
| deaf patients, this drug is ototoxic. |
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Term
| What side effect should you watch for with vancomycin? |
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Definition
| Red-man syndrome. a full body histamine reaction. |
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Term
| What two drugs are the first line treatment of TB? |
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Definition
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| What should patients avoid when taking INH drugs? |
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