Medications

Question 1

Vasopressin

Desmopressin acetate

Answer 1

Anti-diuretic hormone drugs

Question 2

Aluminum hydroxide gel (Amphogel)
Magnesium hydroxide (milk of magnesium)
These are examples of what?

Answer 2

Antacids

Question 3

Ranitidine (Zantac)
Famotidine (Pepcid)
Nizatidine (Axid)
These are examples of what?

Answer 3

H2 Antagonists

Question 4

Pantoprozole (protonix), Esomeprazole (Nexium)These are examples of what?

Answer 4

Proton Pump Inhibitors

Question 5

What are these medications used for?
Silver Sulfadiazine
Mafenide acetate
silver nitrate
Povidone-iodine

Answer 5

for burns

Question 6

What do we worry about with mycin drugs

Answer 6

Ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity

Question 7

How is Insulin dose determine

Answer 7

based on weight

Question 8

Average adult dose of insulin is?

Answer 8

0.4-1.0 units/kg/day

Question 9

Regular insulin is cloudy?

Answer 9

False it is clear

Question 10

NPH is clear?

Answer 10

False it is Cloudy

Question 11

What type of insulin can you give IV

Answer 11

Regular

Question 12

What is the total daily dose of insulin with Basal/Bolus method

Answer 12

It’s a combination of long insulin and rapid insulin

Question 13

How often is long acting insulin given

Answer 13

Once a day

Question 14

How often is the rapid acting insulin given

Answer 14

Through out day before meals in divided doses and it covers the food eaten at meals

Question 15

When should clients eat when taking insulin

Answer 15

At peak times

Question 16

When insulin is at it’s peak what happends to the blood sugar it should be at

Answer 16

it’s lowest

Question 17

When drawing Regular and NPH draw which one first

Answer 17

Clear before cloudy, regular before NPH

Question 18

What is the purpose of a fibronlytic and what is the major complication

Answer 18

Dissolves clot that blocks blood flow to heart muscle

Therefore Bleeding is a major complication

Question 19

What are streptokinase, alteplase, tenecteplase, reteplase types of

Answer 19

Fibrinolytics

Question 20

Fibronolytics should be administred within

Answer 20

6-8 hours of onset

Question 21

If a person has intracranial neoplasm, intracranial bleed, suspected aortic dissection and internal bleeding what is contraindicated

Answer 21

Fibrinolytics

Question 22

What is another component of fibrinolytic therapy

Answer 22

Anti-platelets such as: apririn, clopidogrel, abciximab, eptifibatide