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1
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Refers to dispensing of medicine or drug to a patient for remedial and diagnostic purposes.

A

“Medication Administration”

Notes:

  • Dispensing of medicine refers to the process of preparing, packaging, and giving the correct medication to a patient as prescribed by a healthcare provider.
  • Remedial purposes refer to actions taken to correct, treat, or manage a health condition.
  • Diagnostic purposes refer to actions taken to identify or confirm a disease or medical condition.
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What are the Purposes of Medication Administration?

Give 5.

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  • To promote health
  • To prevent illness
  • To help in diagnosis
  • To alleviate illness
  • Therapeutic purpose
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What are the 10 Rights for Safe Medication Administration?

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  • Right Client
  • Right Medication
  • Right Dosage
  • Right Route
  • Right Time and Frequency
  • Right Documentation
  • Right Client Education
  • Right to Refuse
  • Right Assessment
  • Right Evaluation
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What is the Hallmark of Nursing Practice?

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Right Documentation

Note:

  • It ensures accuracy, continuity, and legal protection in patient care.
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COMPLETE:

  • Not written, _________.
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Not done

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COMPLETE:

  • If it’s not documented, then ________.
A

it didn’t happen

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7
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What is the acronym that is a helpful checklist for safe medication administration in nursing?

It ensures accuracy, reduces errors, and promotes patient safety.

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TRAMP

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What does “TRAMP” acronym stands for?

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  • Time
  • Route
  • Amount (Dose)
  • Medication
  • Patient
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9
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UNDER TRAMP, What is this?

  • Check the order for when it would be given and when was the last time it was given.
A

Time

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UNDER TRAMP, What is this?

  • Check the order if it’s through oral, IV, SQ, IM, or etc.
A

Route

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UNDER TRAMP, What is this?

  • Check the medication sheet and the doctor’s order before medicating. Be aware of the difference of an adult and a pediatric dose.
A

Amount (Dose)

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UNDER TRAMP, What is this?

  • Check and verify if it’s the right name and form. Beware of look-alike and sound-alike medication names.
A

Medication

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13
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UNDER TRAMP, What is this?

  • Ask the name of the client and check his ID band before administering. Even if you know that patient’s name, you still need to ask just to verify.
A

Patient

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14
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WHAT IS THIS?

  • Study of action or effect of chemical substances on living systems.
A

Pharmacology

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WHAT IS THIS?

  • Study of origin, chemical structure, preparation, administration, action, metabolism, and excretion of drugs.
A

Pharmacology

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WHAT IS THIS?

  • Relative effects of drugs in human systems for various disorders.
A

Pharmacotherapeutics

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17
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WHAT IS THIS?

  • Deals with theories of drug action.
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Pharcodynamics

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18
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WHAT IS THIS?

  • Study of how drugs have effects on the body.
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Pharmacodynamics

19
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WHAT IS THIS?

  • Study how drug enters the body, reach their site of action, and metabolized and eliminated from the body.
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Pharmacokinetics

20
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WHAT IS THIS?

  • Passage of drug molecules into the blood.
A

Absorption

21
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WHAT IS THIS?

  • Dispensing of the drug to the specific site of action.
A

Distribution

22
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WHAT IS THIS?

  • Exit route of a drug after metabolism.
23
Q

WHAT IS THIS?

  • After reaching the intended site, drug is metabolized into inactive form detoxified and broken down by the liver, kidney, lungs, blood, and intestine.
A

Metabolism

24
Q

WHAT IS THIS?

  • Substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, cure, relief or prevention of disease.
25
Q

WHAT IS THIS?

  • Given by the manufacturer who first develops the drug.
A

Generic Name

26
Q

WHAT IS THIS?

  • Name given by the drug manufacturer.
A

Brand Name

27
Q

What are the 12 Medication Routes?

A
  • Oral
  • Sublingual
  • Buccal
  • Topical
  • Rectal
  • Vaginal
  • Inhalation
  • Transdermal
  • Intradermal
  • Subcutaneous
  • Intramuscular
  • Intravenous
28
Q

The ff corresponds to what?

Advantages:

  • Most convenient
  • Usually least expensive
  • Does not break skin barrier
  • Does not cause stress

Disadvantages:

  • Unpleasant taste or odor
  • Tooth discoloration
  • GI irritation
  • Can be aspirated by seriously ill patients
  • Cannot be used before diagnostic or surgical procedures
29
Q

The ff corresponds to what?

Advantages:

  • With local effect
  • Rapidly absorbed in the bloodstream
  • Greater potency

Disadvantages:

  • If swallowed, drug may be inactivated by gastric juices
  • Must remain under the tongue until dissolved and absorbed
A

Sublingual and Buccal

30
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What is the site for the Topical Administration (Dermatologic Preparations)?

31
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Medications can be administered through instillations (dropping a liquid into a body cavity) or irrigations (flushing out an area with a solution).

What are the site for Instillations or Irrigations?

A
  • Eyes
  • Ears
  • Nose
  • Rectum
  • Vagina
32
Q

FAMILIARIZE ONLY!

“How to Use Ear Drops Correctly?”

A
  • (1) Lay a folded towel on a kitchen or bathroom counter.
  • (2) Lay your head on the towel with the affected ear up.
  • (3) Gently pull your earlobe out and up to straighten your auditory tube.
  • (4) Administer the recommended number of drops into your ear canal.
  • (5) Gently push on your ear flap to encourage liquid into your ear.
  • (6) Stay here for at least 2 minutes.
33
Q

FAMILIARIZE ONLY!

“How to Use Eye Drops Correctly?”

A
  • (1) Tilt the head back.
  • (2) Create a pocket in front of the eye.
  • (3) Let the drop fall into the pocket without touching your eye or eyelid.
  • (4) Close your eye immediately without squeezing & blinking.
34
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What is the technique for administering ear drops in adults versus children?

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  • adUlts (>3 years old): Pull the ear UP and back to straighten the ear canal.
  • chilD (<3 years old): Pull the ear DOWN and back to straighten the ear canal.

IN SIMPLE TERMS

  • Adult: UP
  • Child: DOWN
35
Q

The ff corresponds to what?

Advantages:

  • Provides local effect
  • Fewer side effects

Disadvantages:

  • Maybe messy and may soil clothes
  • Can rapidly enter the body through abrasions and cause systemic effects
A

Topical (Skin)

36
Q

The ff corresponds to what?

Advantages:

  • Can be used when drug has objectionable taste or odor
  • Released at slow, steady rate

Disadvantages:

  • Unpredictable dose absorbed
37
Q

The ff corresponds to what?

Advantages:

  • Provides local therapeutic effect

Disadvantages:

  • Limited Use
38
Q

The ff corresponds to what?

Advantages:

  • Prolonged systemic effect
  • Few side effect
  • Avoids GI absorption problems

Disadvantages:

  • Leaves residue on the skin that may soil clothes
A

Transdermal

39
Q

The ff corresponds to what?

Advantages:

  • Introduces drug through the respiratory tract
  • Rapid localized relief
  • Can be administered to unconscious client

Disadvantages:

  • Drug intended for localized effect can have systemic effect
  • Limited Use - only for respiratory system
A

Inhalation

40
Q

WHAT IS THIS?

  • It refers to injecting medications directly into the body through different routes, bypassing the digestive system. It ensures rapid absorption and is used for patients who cannot take oral medications.
A

Parenteral administration

41
Q

What are the (4) Most Common Routes for Parenteral administration?

A
  • Intradermal
  • Subcutaneous
  • Intramuscular
  • Intravenous
42
Q

What are the (4) Less Common Routes for Parenteral administration?

A
  • Intraarterial
  • Intracardiac
  • Intraosseous
  • Intrathecal / Intraspinal
43
Q

What are the 5 Parts of Ampoule?

A
  • Head
  • Neck
  • Body
  • Point Mark
  • Notch

(Make sure to know also their places)

44
Q

FAMILIARIZE ONLY!

“Opening of Ampoule”

A
  • Tapping moves fluid down neck
  • Gauze pad placed around neck of ampule
  • Neck snapped away from hands

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