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DRUG ADMINISTRATION Flashcards

1
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Substance administered for diagnosis, cure, treatment or relief of symptom / prevention of disease

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MEDICATION

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Book containing list of products used in medicines w/ description of products, chemical tests for determining identity and purity, formulas, prescriptions

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PHARMACOPEIA

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2
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Drug can be derived from

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PLANT
MINERAL
ANIMAL
HUMAN

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The nurse practices this act when he/she in collaboration w/ another initiates & performs nursing services

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RA. 9173, SEC. 28

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4
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Therapeutic effects of drugs (6)

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  1. Palliative
  2. Supportive
  3. Chemotherapeutic
  4. Restorative
  5. Curative
  6. Substitutive
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4
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Secondary effect of drug

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SIDE EFFECT

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5
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Deleterious effect of a drug

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DRUG TOXICITY

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6
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More severe than side effect, may justify discontinuation of drug

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ADVERSE EFFECT

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7
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Immunulogic reaction to a drug

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DRUG ALLERGY

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8
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Severe allergic reaction

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ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK

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8
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Symptoms of Drug Allergy

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-Skin rash
-pruritus
-Dyspnea
-Diarrhea
-Nausea
-Vomiting

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8
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Person has low physiologic response to drug & requires increase in dosage to maintain given therapeutic effect

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DRUG TOLERANCE

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9
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Increasing response to repeated doses of a drug

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CUMULATIVE EFFECT

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10
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When the solution becomes the problem

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IDIOSYNCRATIC EFFECT

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11
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Improper use of common medications

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DRUG MISUSE

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11
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Inappropriate intake of substance

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DRUG ABUSE

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2 Main facets of drug abuse

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  1. Drug dependence
  2. Drug habituation
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12
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Reliance on or need to take a drug / substance

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DRUG DEPENDENCE

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13
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Denotes a mild form of psychologic dependence

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DRUG HABITUATION

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14
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2 official national lists of approved drugs

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1.UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA (USP)
2. NATIONAL FORMULARY (NF)

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15
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This branch of pharmacology study the effects of racial and ethnic differences/response to prescribed medication.

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Ethnopharmacology

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16
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Medication dispensing systems (4)

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  • MEDICATION CART
  • MED CABINET
  • MEDICINE ROOM
  • COMPUTERIZED MEDICATION ACCESS SYSTEM
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17
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Three checks of medication administration

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  1. BEFORE you pour, mix, draw up a medication
  2. AFTER you prepare medication
  3. AT THE BEDSIDE
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18
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12 Rights of Drug Administration

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  1. Right dose
  2. Right time
  3. Right patient
  4. Right drug
  5. Right route
  6. Right to be educated / informed
  7. Right frequency
  8. Right technique
  9. Right documentation
  10. Right assessment
  11. Right to refuse
  12. Right approach
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19
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Indicates that meds are to be given immediately and only once

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STAT ORDER

20
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May or may not have a termination date. May be carried out indefinitely

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STANDING ORDER

20
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An order that applies indefinitely until prescribe writes an order to alter or discontinue the meds

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STANDARD WRITTEN ORDERS

21
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Meds to be given once at a specified time

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SINGLE ORDER

21
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Permits nurse to give a medication when in nurse’s judgment, the client requires it

A

PRN ORDER

22
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Protocols that hospitals use for discontinuing medications after a certain length of time

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AUTOMATIC STOP DATE

23
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The written direction for
the preparation and administration of a drug

A

PRESCRIPTION

24
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Drugs that are used in the ancient times (opium, castor oil, vinegar)

A

CRUDE DRUGS

24
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is the art of preparing, compounding, and dispensing drugs

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PHARMACY

24
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is the study of the effect of drugs on living organisms

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PHARMACOLOGY

25
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He/she prepares, makes,
and dispenses drugs as ordered by a physician, dentist, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant.

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PHARMACIST

26
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Type of drug that Destroys malignant cells.

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CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC

26
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Is a specialist who often guides the primary care provider in prescribing drugs.

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CLINICAL PHARMACIST

26
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also referred to as the desired
effect, is the primary effect intended, that is, the reason the drug is
prescribed

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THERAPEUTIC EFFECT

26
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Type of drug that Relieves the symptoms of a disease but does
not affect the disease itself.

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PALLIATIVE

26
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Type of drug that Supports body function until other treatments
or the body’s response can take over.

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SUPPORTIVE

26
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Type of drug that Returns the body to health

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RESTORATIVE

27
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Type of drug that Cures a disease or condition.

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CURATIVE

27
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Type of drug that Replaces body fluids or substances.

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SUBSTITUTIVE

27
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disease caused unintentionally by medical therapy

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IATROGENIC DISEASE

27
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a branch of pharmacology that examines the role of genetics in drug response.

A

PHARMACOGENETICS

27
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Also called detoxification or metabolism. A process by which a drug is converted to a less active form.

A

BIOTRANSFORMATION

27
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is the study of the effect of racial and
ethnic differences/responses to prescribed medication.

A

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY

28
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the administration of a drug into
the dermal layer of the skin just beneath the epidermis.

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INTRADERMAL INJECTION (ID)

29
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Intradermal injection is commonly used for?

A

-Allergy testing (skin test)
-Tuberculosis screening

30
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TB screening usually done on which part of the body?

A

LEFT ARM

31
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Give 3 IM sites

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  1. Ventrogluteal
  2. Vastus lateralis
  3. Dorsogluteal
32
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Why do we use the ventrogluteal site?

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We use ventrogluteal site becasue it is the safest IM site for clients older tha 7 months. It provides greatest thickness of gluteal muscle and is free of penetrating nerves

33
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The IM site, Vastus Lateralis (upper thigh) is ideal for?

A

Infants and young children because it is the largest muscle mass and there are no major blood vessels in the area

34
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A nurse administered medication intramuscularly in the dorsogluteal site. After a few minutes of administering the medication the client felt numbness and pain in the area. The client also complained that he cannot move his leg due to pain.

This is indicates that?

A

The nurse may have hit the sciatic nerve. When sciatic nerve is hit, complications such as numbness, pain, and paralysis may occur.

35
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It is the preferred site for IM injections

A

VENTROGLUTEAL SITE

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