HM Manual CH. 18 Pharmacy

Question 0

What ACT designates the USPS-NF as the official reference for meds marketed in the U.S.?

Answer 0

The U.S. Federal Food, Medication and Cosmetics Act

Question 1

United States Pharmacopeia and National Formulary (USPS-NF)

Answer 1

Sets standards for the quality, purity, strength and consistency

Question 2

What reference is easy to use for clinicians for quick and concise med information?

Answer 2

Drug Information Handbook

Question 3

What is the most widely used text/reference also known as the “blue bible” of pharmacology?

Answer 3

Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy

Question 4

What is “dose”?

Answer 4

The amount of med to be administered.

Question 5

Average therapeutic doses are known as?

Answer 5

“Usual adult dose”

Question 6

What is dosage range?

Answer 6

Min and max amounts of a med required to produce the desired effect.

Question 7

Minimum dose?

Answer 7

Least amount of med to produce therapeutic effect.

Question 8

Maximum dose?

Answer 8

Largest amount of med given without reaching toxic effect.

Question 9

Therapeutic dose is calculated on an average male of?

Answer 9

24yrs and weighs 150pds

Question 10

Minimum lethal dose

Answer 10

Least amount of med that can produce death.

Question 11

What two primary factors affect dosage?

Answer 11

Age and weight

Question 12

What is the most common factor?

Answer 12

Age

Question 13

What is the formula for Young’s rule?

Answer 13

Age in years/age in years +12 X AD dose = child dose

Question 14

What has a more direct bearing on dose than any other factor?

Answer 14

Weight

Question 15

What is the formula for Clark’s rule?

Answer 15

Weight in pds/150 X AD = Child’s Dose

Question 16

What are some other factors that influence dosage?

Answer 16

Sex, race, habitual use, time and mode.

Question 17

What are the most common routes of administering meds?

Answer 17

Oral(enteral) and Injection(parental)

Question 18

What is the MOST common method of administering meds?

Answer 18

Oral

Question 19

What is sublingual?

Answer 19

Meds administered by placing under the tongue.

Question 20

What is buccal?

Answer 20

Meds administered by placing between the cheek and gum.

Question 21

Methods of parental administration are:

Answer 21

Subcutaneous, intradermal, intramuscular, intravenous.

Question 22

I.V. Administration advantages over other routes are:

Answer 22

Most rapid onset, not able to take oral.

Question 23

Disadvantages of I.V. are:

Answer 23

Error in dose are magnified, risk of infection, real or psychological pain, must be sterile.

Question 24

What are the three types of inhalation?

Answer 24

Vaporization, gas inhalation, nebulization.

Question 25

Topical meds serve what two purposes?

Answer 25

Local effect - relieve itching, burning

Systemic effect - absorbed into the bloodstream

Question 26

Examples if topicals:

Answer 26

Ointments, creams, lotions and shampoos.

Question 27

What are the “6 RIGHTS” of med administration?

Answer 27

Right PT, Med, Dose, Route, Time, Documentation