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- What drug is ordered
- Name (trade and generic) drug classification
- Intended use or purposes use
- Effects on the body
- Contradictions
- Special considerations: how age,weight,body fat, individual pathology, will affect the pharmacotherapeutic response.
- Why was the med prescribed for this patient?
- Side effects
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Provides the exact description of the medication's composition
(usually very long) |
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| The manufacturer who first develops the drug assigns the name, and then its listed in the U.S. Pharmacopedia |
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| also known as brand or proprietary name, This is the name under which a manufacturer markets the medication. |
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- Effects of medication on the body system.
- Symptoms the medication relieves
- Med's desired effect
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- Solid
- Liquid
- other than oral
- topical
- parenteral
- form for installation into the body cavities
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| the study of how the med's are absorbed and distributed into cells, tissues or organs. |
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| A disease that include troubled excretion. |
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What med has the slowest absporption rate? |
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| Mucous membrane and respritory tract |
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| what has a quick absorption rate? |
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| What has the fastes absorption rate? |
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| Where is there a site that contains a rich blood supply that willl absorb med's quickly? |
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| Once the med has entered into the bloodstream, it is carried throughout the tissues and organs of the body. |
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| depends on the vascularity of varous tissues and organs |
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| the organ's tissue and biological membrane |
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| To be distributed to an organs a med has to first pass through this... |
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| Most biotransformation occurs where? |
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| Meds are ______ into less potent or an inactive form |
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| What haooens when meds build up in the body? |
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- Kidney
- Liver
- Bowel
- Lungs
- Exocrine Glands
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| Meds are excreted through..... |
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| what determines the organ of excretion? |
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| NEVER give this if respirations are <12 |
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| the rate and extent of distribution |
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| Depends on the physicaland chemical properties of the med and phsyiology of the patient contribute to what? |
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- Specialized structure that oxidizes and transforms many toxic substances.
- Degrades many harmful chemicals before they are distributed to the tissues
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| The main organ for excretion |
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| The med is doing what it is supposed to do |
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| unavoidable secondary effect to med |
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| Unintended, Undesirable,often unpredictable response to a med. |
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| Accumulation of the medication in the bloodstream |
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| Unpredictable response to a medication |
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| The medication or chemical acts as an antigen, triggering the release of antibodies in the body. |
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| Patient Controlled analgesia |
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| mediation reaches this between the minimum effective concentrtion and the toxic concentration |
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| Time the medication takes to produce a response. |
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| Time at which a medication reaches its highest effective concentration |
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| Time medication takes to produce greatest result |
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| Minimum blood serum concentrationis reached and maintained |
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| Point at which blood serum concentrationis reached and maintained |
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| Time the serum medication concentration should be halved |
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| What should you have for a patient who is about to recieve insulin |
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| Why do you give food wih insulin ? |
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| What is the easiest and most used route of medication administration? |
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| Injection into the dermis just under the epidermis |
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| Injection into the tissue just below th dermis of the skin |
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| Injection into the muscle |
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| What are the oral routes? |
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| what are the topical routes? |
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Epidural
Intrathecal
Intraosseous
Intraperitoneal
Intrapleural
Intra-arterial |
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Medication delivered in a vapor
EX: albuterol |
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ORAL
Parenteral
Inhalant
Topical
Intraocular |
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| What are the routes of medication administration? |
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| Transdermal patches have what kind of effect ? |
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nitroglycerin is delivered this way.
meication given at this route should never be swallowed b/c it doe not have the desired effect. |
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| Med given here is held against the cheek until it dissolves. |
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| Tube enters the mouth snd ends at the trachea |
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| tube enter the trachea through an incision made in the neck |
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RIGHT
T: Time
R: Route
A: Amount (dose)
M: Medication
P: Patient |
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| What are the 5 rights of medication administration? |
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Patient's name
Order date
Medication name
Dosage
Route
Time to administer
Drug indication
Prescriber's signature |
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| Each mediation order needs these..... |
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| T/F Students can take verbal orders or telephone orders |
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| A med is needed right now but not STAT |
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| med given only once for a specific purpose |
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- Assess the patient's bility to self administer med
- determine if the patient should recieve the med.
- Adminisiter med correctlyClosely monitor effects
- This is NOT delegated
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| Nurses Role in Medication Administration |
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| !st thing to do to prevent a med error!! |
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| When doyou document that you have given a med? |
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| how many times do you check the medication against the MAR ? |
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- When the patient takes 2 or more meds to treat the same illness, or disorder
- Mixing herbal supplements or products with meds
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| Taking over the countr(OTC) medications frequently, lack of knowledge about meds, incorrect beliefs about meds, and visiting several providers to treat different illnesses increase the risk of this.... |
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| To minimize risks associated with polypharmacy ______________ between providers is essential to make sure the patient's med regimen is as simple as possible. |
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Oral
Topical
Inhalation
Irrigation
Parenteral
Injection |
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| Types of medication Administration? |
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Skin
Nasal
Eye
Ear
Vaginal
Rectal |
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| Where are the sites of topical use? |
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| 30 mins before or after meals |
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| how long should you wait to administer a drug orally if it instructs on an empty stomach? |
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| Will food most likely increase or decrease the theraputic effect of a oral med? |
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| what is a higher risk when administering drugs orally? |
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| What is one this you should always wear when applying topical drugs? |
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- Remove old patch
- Document location of new patch
- ask about patches during medical history
- apply a label to the patch if it is hard to see
- Document the removal of a patch.
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| What are 5 things you should do concerning a transdermal patch? |
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Pressurized metered-dose inhalers
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| inhalation device that requires sufficent hand strength to use |
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Breath-actuated metered-dose inhalers
(BAIs) |
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| Release depends on the strength of patient's breath |
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Dry Powder Inhaler
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| Inhaler activated by patient's breath |
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- Produce local effects such as borchodilation
- Some of these can create serious systemic side effects
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| Divide the number of doses in the container by the number of doses the patient takes per day |
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| How would you calculate how long an inhaler will last? |
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| Pressurized metered-dose inhaler |
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| Which inhaler can you use a spacer with? |
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| What kinda of technique would you use if there is a break in skin or mucosa when irrigating ? |
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| What kind of technique is used to irrigate a body cavity such as the ear or vagina? |
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| Injection into the body tissue |
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| What kinda of technique do you use when administering parenteral? |
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| There is a risk for ____ when administering med parenteral |
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| Syringe,ampule,or vial and GLOVES |
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| What equipment do you need for a parenteral med? |
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| If 2 meds are compatible can they be mixed in one injection as long as the total dose is within accepted limits? |
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- Do not contaminate one medication with another
- Ensure the final dose is accurate
- Maintain Aseptic technique
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| What principles should you follow when mixing medications from 2 vials? |
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| When mixing medication from both vial and ampule which medication should you prepare first? |
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| Do you use the same needle to draw from the ampule when you are mixing vial and amuple? |
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| the GI tract breaks down and destroys the oral form of insulin |
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| Why is insulin given in an injection? |
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Rapid
Short
Intermediate
Long-acting |
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| How are insulin's classified? |
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- The volume of medication to administer
- The characteristic and viscosity of the medication
- The location of anatomical structures underlying the injection site.
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| Before injecting you should know..... |
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- Use the smallest suitable needle
- apply a vapocoolant spray or topical anestetic to the injection site when possible.
- Divert the patient's attention
- Insert the needle quickly and smoothly
- Hold the needle steady
- inject the medication slowly and steadily
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| How do you minize patient discomfort when giving injection? |
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| Extreme Pain and Local Tissue damage |
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| What happens if yur inject too large a volume of medication for the site selected? |
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| if you do not aspirate the syringe before injecting an IM where could the medication accidently go? |
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| why should you make sure the patient is in the most comfortable position possible when give an injection? |
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| medication is placed in the loose connective tissue under the dermis |
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| subcutaneous injection are slower or faster than IM injections? |
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| what idicates the depth of the subcutaneous layer of a person? |
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| provides medicationdeliery under loose connective tissue with minimal pain receptor presence. |
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| right or left side of the abdomen at least 2 inches from the umbilicus |
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| where do you administer heparin? |
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| what is the angle of the needle for IM ? |
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| what is the needle angle for a subcutaneous injection? |
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| what is the angle of the needle for a intradermal injection? |
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| 3 inches or use a different route |
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| what should the size of the needle be if the patient is obese? |
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| what size should a needle for a thing person be for IM? |
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| how much medication can be absorbed via IM in and adult? |
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| how much medication can be absorbed in children, older adults and thin adults via IM? |
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| How much medication can be absorbed in small children and older infants via IM? |
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| what is the maximum amount a small infant can recieve via IM? |
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- assess the muscle before giving the injection
- properly indentify the site by palpating bony landmarks
- be aware of potentail complications
- make sure the site is free of tenderness
- minimize discomfort
- insert at 90 degrees
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| things to do when giving an IM |
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| this injection is used for testing the skin |
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| tuberculin or hypodermic needle |
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| what kind of needle is used for a intradermal injection? |
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