Med Admin Important Terms

Question 1

absorption

Answer 1

passage of drug molecules into the blood

Question 2

adverse effects

Answer 2

harmful or unintended effect of of a medication, diagnostic test, or therapeutic intervention

Question 3

anaphylactic reactions

Answer 3

hypersensitive condition induced by contact with certain antigens

Question 4

biological half-life

Answer 4

time it takes for the body to lower the amount of unchanged medication by half

Question 5

biotransformation

Answer 5

chemical changes that a substance undergoes in the body such as by the action of enzymes

Question 6

buccal

Answer 6

pertaining to the inside of the cheek or the gum next to the cheek

Question 7

detoxify

Answer 7

to remove the toxic quality of a substance
liver acts to detoxify chemicals in drug compounds

Question 8

idiosyncratic reaction

Answer 8

individual sensitivity to effects of a drug caused by inherited or other bodily constitution factors

Question 9

infusions

Answer 9

introduction of fluid into the vein, giving intravenous fluid over time

Question 10

injection

Answer 10

parenteral administration of medication

Question 11

instillation

Answer 11

to cause to enter drop by drop or very slowly

Question 12

intraarticular

Answer 12

injection of medication into a joint

Question 13

intracardiac

Answer 13

injection of medication directly into cardiac tissue

Question 14

intradermal (ID)

Answer 14

injection given between layers of the skin into the dermis
5-15 degree angle

Question 15

intramuscular (IM)

Answer 15

injection given into the muscle tissue
90 degree angle

Question 16

intraocular

Answer 16

inserting a medication disk similar to a contact lens into the patient’s eye

Question 17

intravenous (IV)

Answer 17

injection directly into bloodstream

Question 18

irrigations

Answer 18

process of washing out a body cavity or wounded area with a stream of fluid

Question 19

medication allergy

Answer 19

rash, chills, or GI disturbances from a drug

Question 20

medication error

Answer 20

any event that could cause or lead to a patient’s receiving inappropriate drug therapy or failing to receive appropriate drug therapy

Question 21

medication reconciliation

Answer 21

comparing current medication to what patient should be taking and newly ordered medications

Question 22

medication tolerance

Answer 22

patients needing to receive more and more medication to achieve the same therapeutic effect

Question 23

minimum effective concentration (MEC)

Answer 23

the plasma level of a medication below which the effect of the medication does not occur

Question 24

ophthalmic

Answer 24

drugs given into the eye in form of eye drops or ointments

Question 25

parenteral administration

Answer 25

giving medication by a route other than the GI tract

Question 26

pharmacokinetics

Answer 26

study of how drugs enter the body, reach their site of action, are metabolized, and exit from the body

Question 27

solution

Answer 27

mixture of one or more substances dissolved in another substance

Question 28

subcutaneous

Answer 28

injection given into connective tissue under the dermis 45 degree angle

Question 29

sublingual

Answer 29

med admin route under tongue

Question 30

synergistic effect

Answer 30

effect of two drugs combined together is greater than if the effect of the two drugs individually were added together

Question 31

therapeutic effect

Answer 31

desired effect of a med

Question 32

therapeutic range

Answer 32

safe range is between minimum effective concentration and toxic concentration

Question 33

toxic effects

Answer 33

effect of medication results in adverse response

Question 34

transdermal disk

Answer 34

med delivery device in which meds are saturated on disk and attached to skin

Question 35

z-track method

Answer 35

injection method for IM injections that prevents leakage of medication into subcutaneous tissues, seals meds in the muscle, and minimizes irritation