Chapter 1 From Herbs to research treatments

Question 1

The first recorded medical treatments are credited to?

Answer 1

Egypt

Question 2

The origin of most medications is:

Answer 2

Plant products

Question 3

Medications are used to:

Answer 3

Cure disease Treat symptoms Maintain health

Question 4

Tall Man lettering on medication packaging was introduced in New Zealand in:

Answer 4

2013

Question 5

Both Australia and New Zealand have introduced national inpatient medication charts.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Before you apply a mediation patch to a clean patch of the patient’s skin the patch should be

Answer 6

signed and date, have application time noted on it, and be applied to a different site of skin than is noted on the medication chart.

Question 7

The mos current medication information resource for the nurse in an acute-care health setting is:

Answer 7

MIMS online

Question 8

Medications are categorised at

Answer 8

prescription medication

non-prescription or over the counter (OTC) medication

complementary medication (generally only ingestible substances)

Question 9

Controlled substances:

Answer 9

are subject to considerable governmental control

Question 10

Interactions between medication and complementary therapies is not possible

Answer 10

False

They are complementary