Medication Flashcards
When preparing medication what do you check
Dose
Prior to administering what rule of nine do you check with the patient
Right to refuse
FDA is responsible for
Safety, effectiveness, security, quality of drugs, cosmetics and food
Sublingual tablets
Placed under the tongue
Controlled substance act
Medications are divided into scheduled depending on psychological and physical dependence 
Cartridge medication
Uses carpujet or tubex devices
Powder meds are
Reconstituted prior to administering
Prior to administering verify
Name, date of birth, allergies, not patients address
Prior to giving medication the patient should know
Ordering provider, name of the med, desire effects, common side effects and verify allergies
When vis is giving to patient with immunization we must chart
Office address, name and title, who administered, addition date, date vis is provided, and date administered
Scored tablets
Are notched tablets that can be split in half with pill cutter
Eneric coded tablet
Designed to pass through the stomach, break down in intestines
What degree for IM
90
Where are interdermal injections given
Forearm, upper arm, upper back
Correct size needle and syringe for ID injections
1mL 5/8s in 25 gauge needle
What degree for subcutaneous
45-90 degree
How should patients skin be cleaned at injection site
Circular motion, from center outward and away from site
Subcutaneous injections need to what to the skin
Pinch
What should be done when taking buccal meds
Alternate cheeks
Transdermal patches
Need to be switched location
When apply topical medication
Gently rub not pat into skin
Inserting suppository into small child’s rectum use
Little finger
Have patients
Blow nose and sit up right before giving medication
Patient should wait how long after getting medication
15mins to prevent anaphylactic shock
Hub is what part of the needle
Screws into syringe
The lumen is what part of the needle
Is the hollow space inside needle
What is filtered needle used for
Drawing up fluid using suction
Inter dermal injections should be separated by at least
2in if given on the same site
PPD injections give at
5-15 degree angle, bevel up at least 2in below elbow on forearm, pull skin taunt at injection site
Multi dose vials are good
28 days after opening or until manufactures expiration date, which ever comes first
If you hit bone
Pull needle out 1/3 and give medication
Parenteral medication
Useful for GI distress, have better absorption than oral, medication work sooner
Subcutaneous sites include
Back of arm, lower abdomen, anterior thigh. Deltoid is an inter muscular site.
What is appropriate for aqueous for average adult size in Bastos bladderalis
1 1/2 in 23 gauge needle
Symptoms of anaphylaxis include
Tighten of throat, difficulty swallowing, vomiting or diarrhea, Dyspena wheezing, and shortness of breath
What site replaced dorsal Gluteal site as for irritating medications
Central gluteal
MA role in IV therapy is
Scheduling appointments and communicating issues to provider or nurse
Deltoid injections are give
1-2 inches or 2 finger breaths below acromion process
Insulting injections don’t require
Aspiration
