Medication

Question 1

An unexpected and sometimes serious result from taking a medication

Answer 1

Adverse effect

Question 2

Biological availability

Answer 2

the extent a substance or drug becomes completely available to its intended biological destination(s).

Question 3

Ethnopharmacology

Answer 3

the cross-cultural study of plants, animals, fungi, or other naturally occurring resources used as medicines by ethnic and cultural groups.

Question 4

Idiosyncratic effect

Answer 4

unpredictable reactions
Small percentage of patients
Do not involve known pharmacological properties of the drug.

Question 5

TB skin test / local anesthetic
25 gauge needle
10° -15 ° angle

Answer 5

Intradermal

Question 6

Antibiotics, Hormones, Vaccines

22 - 25 gauge

90°

Answer 6

Intermuscular

Question 7

______ is the process of comparing a patient’s medication orders to all of the medications that the patient has been taking. This reconciliation is done to avoid medication errors such as omissions, duplications, dosing errors, or drug interactions.

Answer 7

Medication reconciliation

Question 8

route other than digestive tract administration:
subcutaneous (SC/SQ), intraperitoneal (IP), intravenous (IV), intrader- mal (ID), and intramuscular (IM)

Answer 8

Parenteral

Question 9

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 9

What the drugs do to the body

he study of a drug’s molecular, biochemical, and physiologic effects or actions

Question 10

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 10

the branch of pharmacology concerned with the movement of drugs within the body.

What the body does to the drugs

Question 11

insulin, some hormones, blood thinners, and medications that stimulate blood cell production such as filgrastim (Neupogen)

45 to 90 degree

23 - 25 gauge

Answer 11

Subcutaneous

Question 12

Pulling the skin downward slightly before giving an intermuscular injection to prevent backflow into the subcutaneous layer

Called this technique

Answer 12

Z-track

Question 13

In medical terminology, a(n) “________” for a drug refers to the use of that drug for treating a particular disease.

For example, diabetes is an ____ for insulin.

Answer 13

indication / indication

Question 14

Drugs classified 2 ways

Pharmaceutical

Therapeutic

Describe

Answer 14

Pharmaceutical: mechanism of action(MOA), Physiological effect(PE), Chemical structure (CS)

Therapeutic: clinical indication for drug (what it is used to treat)
Analgesic, antibiotic, antihypertensive

Question 15

Inunction

Answer 15

the rubbing of ointment or oil into the skin.

Question 16

Each time med is delivered, perform the ___ checks and ____ rights

Answer 16

3 / 5

Question 17

Intradermal injection held at 10° with the bevel pointing (downward/ upward)

Answer 17

Upward

Question 18

Liquid medication given to an infant is delivered here to prevent aspiration

Answer 18

Between gums and cheek

Question 19

Administer eye drops

Patient sitting
Head tilted back
______________

Answer 19

Pull down on lower eyelid place drop into conjuctival sac

Question 20

Admin ear drops to child

Pull on the auricle of ear (which direction)

Answer 20

Down & back

Question 21

Compazine to be given rectally to a patient for nausea

Which posistion should they be in?

Answer 21

Left Sim’s posistion

Question 22

23–25 gauge, 5/8”

Answer 22

SQ

Question 23

20 Guage 1” length

This type of injection

Answer 23

IM

Question 24

For a well-developed adult, no more than _______ of medication should be administered in a single IM injection

Answer 24

3 ml

Question 25

No more than ___ ml for im

Answer 25

3