Module 06: Administration of Medication (Part 02)

Question 1

This is used when rapid effect is required. This is appropriate when medications are too irritating to tissues to be given through other routes.

Answer 1

Intravenous Medications

Question 2

What are the methods of IV Administration?

Answer 2

(1) Intermittent IV infusion
(2) Volume-controlled infusion
(3) Intravenous push (IVP) or bolus
(4) Intermittent injection parts

Question 3

What should the nurse observe when administering IV medication?

Answer 3

(1) Observe clients closely for signs of adverse
reactions
(2) Since drugs enter the bloodstream directly, there is no way to withdrawn or its action terminated
(3) Antidotes should be available when certain
administered drugs are given
(4) Note for compatibility between IV fluids and drugs to be infused (e.g. Dextrose and Phenytoin)

Question 4

This method of administering a medication mixed with small amount of IV solution (50 100mL)

Answer 4

Intermittent IV infusion

Question 5

Intermittent IV Infusion can be administered in what frequencies?

Answer 5

Every 4 to 6 hours

Question 6

This is the second set connect the second container to the tubing of the primary container at the upper port

Answer 6

Piggyback

Question 7

These are such sets are small fluid containers (100 to 150 mL in size) attached below the primary infusion container so that the medication is administered through the client’s IV line.

Answer 7

Volume Control Infusions

Question 8

Volume control infusions are typically administered to whom?

Answer 8

Volume-control sets are frequently used to infuse solutions into children and older clients when the volume administered is critical and must be carefully monitored

Question 9

This is the IV administration of an undiluted drug directly into the systemic circulation.

Answer 9

IV Push (IVP)

Question 10

IV Push (IVP) is used when?

Answer 10

It is used when a medication cannot be diluted or in an emergency. (An IVP can be introduced directly into a vein by venipuncture or into an existing IV line through an injection port or through an IV lock)

Question 11

This is applied locally to the skin or to mucous membranes in areas such as the eye, external ear canal, nose, vagina, and rectum

Answer 11

Topical Medications

Question 12

Instillations or irrigations of the external auditory canal are referred to as ____________

Answer 12

Otic medications

Question 13

Under otic medications, for children under 3 years of age, the pinna is ____________.

Answer 13

Is gently drawn down and back

Question 14

Under Otic medications, for children ages 4 to adulthood years of age, the pinna is ____________.

Answer 14

gently lifted upward and backward to
straighten the ear canal.

Question 15

This is a suspension of minute liquid droplets or fine solid particles suspended in a gas

Answer 15

Aerosol

Question 16

What is an advantage of aerosol therapy?

Answer 16

An advantage of aerosol therapy is that it delivers the pulmonary medication to its immediate site of action. These same drugs, however, have the potential to produce systemic effects because there is some drug absorption across the pulmonary capillaries

Question 17

Metered Dose Inhalers are disinfected when?

Answer 17

Weekly by for 20 minutes in 1 pint of water with 2 ounces of vinegar added

Question 18

How do you determine the remaining doses for MDI?

Answer 18

(1) Calculate the number of days’ doses in an MDI canister.
(2) Divide the number of doses (puffs) in the canister (on the label) by the number of puffs taken per day.

Question 19

This system administers sustained-action medications (e.g., opioids, nitroglycerin, estrogen, and nicotine) via multi- layered films
containing the drug and an adhesive layer. The patch is applied to a hairless, clean area of skin that is not subject to excessive movement or wrinkling

Answer 19

Transdermal Patches