Midterm Pharmacology Flashcards
What is adverse reaction when taking warfarin and tetracycline
Increased risk of bleeding
What happens to your glucose level with sulfonamide
Decreased glucose
Three toxicities of vancomycin
Redman syndrome, nephrotoxicity, ototoxicity, hepaotoxicity
Risk of overdose with aspirin
GI bleeding
Actinex wart removal symptoms to look for
Flu like symptoms
What herbal medications are used for fungal infections
Tea tree oil
Garlic
What kind of vitamin deficiency with bio acid resin medications
Vitamin A D E
Problematic foods with lovastatin
Grapefruit
Other name for lovastatin
Mevacor
When should a patient take zocor/simvastatin
Evening
Signs and symptoms with cephalosporins
Trouble breathing
Vomiting
Sweating
What allergic reaction to mmr
Gelatin
Neomycin
Vaccine and toxoids contradications
Immunocompromised
Leukemia
HIV
Side effects flu shot
Fever
Malaise
Muscle aches
Lethargy
Chills
How long do you avoid getting a vaccine after being bitten by a snake and given anti venom
6-12 weeks
What kind of creams block nerve fibers sensation before starting IV
Topical numbness THE CAINES
Clean hands
Hibiclens
Phisohex hexachlorophene
Strydex wipes
Dried skin
Can isoniazid be given alone
Yes!!!!
Herbal medicine for UTI
Cranberry
How to prevent medication errors
6+1 Rights
When an order doesn’t look right what should you do
Question the provider about the order
Where do medications come from
Plants
Animals
Laboratory
Minerals
Mold. Microbiology
How to make sure patient can swallow medications and what to do before administering
Full glass of water
Check ID WRISTBAND
sitting position
parts of the nursing process
assessment
implementation
planning
evaluation
before administering a medication, you need to review and take
subjective- what patient says
objective- vitals
what labs do you do for patients with renal impairment
creatinine
what are the preadministrations of signs and symptoms of an infection
fever
redness
pain
purulent drainage
young pregnant women given tetracycline
adverse effect
fetus-“bad”
HIV positive male taking antiretrovirals with viagra reaction
low BP
patient taking vancomycin complains of trouble hearing is this and adverse effect
YES!!!
sulfanamide
Bactrim and Silvadene
another name for fungal infections
myotic
common GI tract reactions
anything involved with Digestive system
stomatitis
vomiting
nausea
glossitis
diarrhea
6 + 1 rights
right client
right drug
right dose
right route
right time
right documentation
after patient wears the nicotine patch for 18 hrs where should you put the new one
always rotate sites
before administering Augmentin
is the patient allergic to penicillin’s or anything related to Augmentin