Exam 1 Flashcards
What is a drug?
Drugs can be vitamins, pain relievers, supplements, medications to treat diseases
Drugs are a broad category of chemically altering body systems
Drugs can be vitamins, pain relievers, or supplements, medications
What is the nurses role for drug administration
Assessment
Selecting appropriate pharmacotherapy
Reassessment
Revising plan if needed
Are nurses allowed to deliver half of a perscribed dose?
Absolutely not
Nurses cannot change orders, we are not the prescribers
How often should you be assessing a pt’s pain level if they’re less than 24 hours post-op?
Every 15 minutes x 2
Every 30 minutes x 2
Every hour x 4
Every two hours
Whats the name of the automated computerized medication systems?
Pyxis/Omnicell
Based on the Drug regulation standards chart;
What medications fall within the highest abuse potential (class 1) catagory
Are there therapuetic uses of these medications?
Heroin, LSD, Marjuana
No current accepted theraputic use
Based on the Drug regulation standards chart;
What medications fall within the high abuse potential (class 2) catagory
Are there therapuetic uses of these medications?
Potent opioids (Fentanyl, methadone, morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone)
There are theraputic uses for these meds, but they’re severly restricted
Based on the Drug regulation standards chart;
What medications fall within the Moderate abuse potential (class 3) catagory
Are there therapuetic uses of these medications?
Codeine
(When lower doses are mixed with ASA and Acetaminophen)
There are theraputic uses; less stringent that with control 2
Based on the Drug Regulation Standards Chart;
What medications fall within the low abuse potential (class 4) catagory
Bensodiazepines (alprazolam, diazepam, midazolam, temazepam) Tramadol, zolpidem
Based of the Drug Regulation Standards Chart
What medications call into the 5th drug schedule; Class 5.
(Lowest abuse potential)
Cough medicine w/ codeine, anti-diarrheals that contain trace amounts of opioids.
What can you discard into a red trash container
Sharps
What can you discard into a blue trash container
Liquid medications; Syringes that still contain medications
What can you place into a small black trash container for disposal
Hazardous medications left in a syringe/ ampoule, Coumadin/nicotine packageing, any tablet medications
What can you place into a large 8 gallon trash bag for disposal?
What should you do with things that might leak? Waht about syrnges?
Coumadin/Nicotine packaging, Full/partial IV bags, bottles, and vials
Put anything that might leak into a clear ziplock bag. No syringes!
What liquids can we pour down the drain?
How can we remember it?
Dextrose, Glucose, Lacted ringer, Normal Saline, Potassium, Electrolytes
“If it’s plain it goes down the drain!”
