Study Guide Week 1 Flashcards
When administering any type of medication, the medical assistant should follow the six rights. What are they? What is the 7th right?
Right patient, medication, dose, route, time, documentation, technique
What can happen as a result of a mediation error?
Wrong patient, drug, dose, route, time, technique, data
Multi-does medications come in solid and liquid form. What is the procedural steps when preparing them?
Remove cap from bottle or container, when pouring hold at eye level, ensure label is covered with your palm, transfer solid medication from cap to disposable paper cup.
Methods of oxygen delivery are___ and ___
Nasal cannula & mask
Drugs can be stored according to
Preparation, route, therapeutic action, alphabetical order, principle actions, and actions of drugs
An ___ may be used to deliver medication to the lungs.
Inhaler
Match following terms:
1- promotes urine excretion____
2- slowly pouring or dropping a liquid into a cavity or onto a surface___
3- lack of oxygen in the blood___
4- Absence of breathing____
5- under or below the skin___
1- lasix
2- instillation
3- hypoxemia
4- apnea
5- hypodermic
Give examples of household measurements:
- drop (gtt)
- teaspoon (t or tsp)
- Tablespoon (tbsp)
- ounce (fl oz)
- cup
-pint (pt) - quart (qt)
- Ounce (oz)
-pound (Ib)
How many cups are equal to a quart?
4 cups
The meniscus is what? How do you measure using a meniscus?
Line of liquid in bottle- read from the middle of the liquid line
Please list 6 universal precautions recommended by the CDC:
- Hand hygiene
- Personal protective equipment
- Respiratory hygiene
- Sharps safety
- Safe injection practices
- Cleaning & disinfectant
Please list the 5 standard precautions:
- hand hygiene
- personal protective equipment
- respiratory hygiene
- sharps safety
- cleaning and disinfectant
Non- parental medications are those that are administered by any route other than by injection. Please list these methods.
- oral
- otic
- nasal
- rectal
- inhalation
- local or topible
Calculating dosages follows a three step process:
Convert, construct, calculate
A ____ ____ controlled substance has a high potential for psychological dependence.
Schedule III
