Chapter 3: Patient Safety in Medication Administration (Key Terms)

Question 1

Anaphylaxis

Answer 1

hypersensitivity reaction between an allergenic antigen and immunoglobulin E bound to mast cells; stimulates the sudden release of immunologic mediators locally or throughout the body

Question 2

Antihypertensive

Answer 2

drug used to treat hypertension

Question 3

Geriatric

Answer 3

branch of health care concerned with care of the aged

Question 4

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Answer 4

Holds allied health professionals accountable to the government to protect the privacy of the patient. Standards also allow patients access to their own medical records and offer them more control over how the information in their records is shared. All health-care providers must supply patients with a notice alerting them to their rights and that medical information cannot be revealed to other people without the patient’s consent.

Question 5

Lavage

Answer 5

irrigation of a cavity

Question 6

Pediatric

Answer 6

concerning the treatment of children

Question 7

Polypharmacy

Answer 7

concurrent use of a large number of drugs, a condition that increases the likelihood of unwanted side effects and adverse drug-drug interactions

Question 8

Seven rights of medication administration

Answer 8

1. Right patient. Know the patient to whom you are administering the medication.
2. Right drug. Know the correct medication to be administered. 3. Right dose. Know the correct dose to give the patient.
3. Right time. Know the correct time the medication should be given, and inform the patient.
4. Right route. Know the correct route of administration by which the drug should be given.
5. Right technique. Know the correct method for administering the medication.
6. Right documentation. Know how to complete a patient’s chart accurately, with all pertinent information.

Question 9

Teratogen

Answer 9

substance that impairs normal fetal development

Question 10

Teratogenic

Answer 10

causing deformities

Question 11

Thrombolytic

Answer 11

substance that breaks apart clots

Question 12

Urticaria

Answer 12

multiple swollen raised areas on the skin that are intensely itchy and last up to 24 hour