Ch. 20 Medication Administration Flashcards
Medication can be known by at least what three names?
- Chemical name
- Generic name
- Trade or brand name
What is the chemical name of a drug?
The molecular structure.
What is the generic name of a drug?
The “official” name assigned by the United States Adopted Names Council
What is the trade or brand name of a drug?
The name used by the pharmaceutical company that has the right to manufacture them medication
Medications may be classified in what several ways?
- Chemical composition
- Clinical actions
- Therapeutic effect
What systems of medication distribution are there?
- Unit-dose system
- Automated medication-dispensing system
- Bar code medication administration
- Self-administered medication system
Which of the following systems of medication administration involves the pharmacy in pre-packaging and pre-labeling an individual dose?
Unit-dose system
What are considered prescription medications?
A legal order for the preparation and administration of a medication by a duly licensed healthcare provider.
What are considered nonprescription medications?
“Over the counter” (OTC) medications not needing a prescription
Herbs and botanical are what types of products?
plant based
*What are medication order components?
- Medication name
- Medication dosage
- Route of administration
- Purpose
- Provider’s signature
What is pharmacokinetics?
How a drug moves through the body and is eventually eliminated.
What are the actions of pharmacokinetics?
- Absorption: med enters bloodstream
- Distribution: med delivered to target cells/tissue
- Metabolism: drug chemically change in body
- Excretion: removing drug/or metabolites form body
What is pharmacodynamics?
The physiological and biochemical effects of a drug on the body. Such as therapeutic and adverse effects.
What are pharmacodynamics therapeutic effects?
Desired and intentional effects
What are pharmacodynamics advert effects?
- Side effects
- Tolerance
- Allergic reactions
- Toxicity
What are drug actions of pharmacodynamics?
- Interactions: med effects altered
- Compatibility: meds become inactive/or precipitate forms
The nurse has administered an antihypertensive medication to a patient and found he patient’s blood pressure to be WNL to hours later. This pharmacodynamic effect would be known as?
- a therapeutic effect
- a side effect
- medication tolerance
- a toxic effect
A. therapeutic effect
*What are the six rights of medication administration?
- Patient: 2 identifiers
- Medication: appropriate
- Dose: appropriate
- Route: safe and appropriate
- Time: appropriate frequency
- Documentation
Children’s medication dosages are most often calculated using what?
Child’s weight in kg or body surface area.
The nurse ir preparing to administer medication through a nasogastric tube that is connected to suction. To administer the medication accurately, the nurse would…
- Aspirate the nasogastric tube after medication administration to maintain patency.
- Position the client supine to assist in medication absorption
- Clamp the nasogastric tube for 30 minutes following administration of the medication
- Change the suction setting to low intermittent suction for 30 minutes after medication administration
C. Clamp the nasogastric tube for 30 minutes following administration of the medication.
