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Question 1

Parenteral medications

Answer 1

—medications that are not given to go into digestion system, they are used to go straight into body, like through an injection.

Question 1

MAR

Answer 1

-Medication Administration Record, used to document how much of each medication the patient has used in the past

Question 2

Six rights:

Answer 2

Dose,Drug,Documentation,Pateint,Route,Time

Question 3

Tablet—

Answer 3

Pill that is just pure medication. The medication is just pressed into the form of a tablet.

Question 4

Capsule

Answer 4

—The medication is closed inside of a shell. This shell is not a part of the medication and is easily broken down and does not affect medication.

Question 5

Pill crusher-

Answer 5

This device crushes pills. The crushed pill then is a powder, which is used for insertion into foods and liquids.

Question 6

Meniscus

Answer 6

-Shock absorbing part of knee. This is made up of Cartlidge.

Question 7

Sublingual

Answer 7

(SL)—beneath tongue. Pills can be taken under the tongue.

Question 8

Enteric

Answer 8

coated coating that is outside of pills. This protects drugs from being broken down before or in the stomach so it can go throughout system.

Question 9

Anaphylactic reaction—

Answer 9

Really bad allergic reaction. This can be severely life threatening if not treated immediately.

Question 10

Topical

Answer 10

–Drug that has to be put on specific part of body.

Question 11

Transdermal patch-

Answer 11

Patch that is set onto skin. Like a nicotine patch, make sure to always wear gloves when administering these medications\

Question 12

Inner canthus—

Answer 12

Part of eye where the two eyelids meet.

Question 13

Conjunctival trough

Answer 13

—mucus that covers eyeball. This helps stop things from getting into the eye.

Question 14

Nausea

Answer 14

-also known as upset stomach, this can cause the want to puke. This discomfort is caused by digestive system diseases.

Question 15

PRN

Answer 15

• as needed.

Question 16

STAT

Answer 16

—immediately/urgently

Question 17

MDI

Answer 17

• inhaler, this device helps put medications directly into lungs and helps breathing problems.

Question 18

Spacer

Answer 18

-attachment used on inhaler. This helps to make the inhaler process easier by holding medication in place.

Question 19

DPI

Answer 19

• Dry powder inhaler. This gets the medication deeper into lungs then regular inhaler because of the dry powder.

Question 20

Nebulizer

Answer 20

This device makes medicines turn into sprays so they can be administered into the nose If the patent can’t tale medications any other way

Question 21

Dorsal recumbent position

Answer 21

-Patient lies on back with knees up. This helps relax abdominal muscles.

Question 22

Syringe

Answer 22

-device used to help inject fluids into body. This is used to administer shots.

Question 23

Subcutaneous injection

Answer 23

—injection that goes into body through the subcutaneous layer of skin. This goes into the fatty tissue.

Question 24

Intramuscular injection

Answer 24

—injections that go straight into the muscles directly. These go into specific muscles not just any random muscle site

Question 25

Ventroglueteal site-

Answer 25

Recommended site of injections. This is near the gluteus muscles and is recommended because of the large muscle mass that is around it.

Question 26

Vastus lateralis site—

Answer 26

site of injection that is on the vastus lateralis muscle, on the leg.

Question 27

Deltoid site-

Answer 27

Site of injection that is on the deltoid muscle.

Question 28

Greater trochanter-

Answer 28

site of injection that is on the on the hip. This is on the top of the femur and the widest part of hip.

Question 29

Intradermal injection-

Answer 29

injection that goes directly into dermis

Question 30

Tuberculin needle

Answer 30

—this is a syringe used for tb tests and is injected between skin,

Question 31

Insulin syringe

Answer 31

—consists of three parts. These parts and short/thin and allow for the reducment of pain. There is a cap that protects the needle.

Question 32

Vial-

Answer 32

thin plastic bottle that stores medications.

Question 33

Ampule

Answer 33

—tiny bottle that holds medications. These medications are used for injections.

Question 34

Reconstituting

Answer 34

—when you add a specific amount of liquid to a dry solution so you can make a specific amount of liquid concentrate.

Question 35

Filter needle—

Answer 35

This filter prevents fluids from going back through needle. It allows either withdrawal or injections but prevents the other from happening.

Question 36

Wheal (Bleb)

Answer 36

• change in color on small part of skin, that is also raised.

Question 37

Z-track method-

Answer 37

put pressure on skin when giving injection. This is used when going into the muscles.

Question 38

AC—

Answer 38

before meals

Question 39

PC

Answer 39

after meals

Question 40

Gauge

Answer 40

—needle size hole

Question 41

Gtt—

Answer 41

test that measures how well the body can respond to glucose.

drops-low key

Question 42

Elixir

Answer 42

—oral medication that is in the form of a sweet liquid,

Question 43

Viscous—

Answer 43

anything that usually sticks to other things,