Drug levels
Name 2 drugs from this semester that had safe dosage ranges. Hint 1 is for mental health, 1 is for heart health.
What are lithium & digoxin?
Study tip - review these levels
These are 2 antidotes for anticoagulants.
What are vitamin K & protamine sulfate.
Study tip - what drugs are they specifically used for? What labs are important to know?
The patient's size, age, and amount of drug being given.
What are factors to consider when selecting needle size and injection site?
Study tip - review injection info and potty trainers
The right medication
What is one of the 7 rights of medication administration?
Study tip - what are the other 6?
These drugs really get at the heart of a person.
What are cardiovascular drugs?
Study tip - Drugs used to treat hyperlipidemia, HTN, HF and dysrhythmias are very common. What are the most common, potent, and dangerous drugs for these diseases? What labs are important to monitor.
The level of drug concentration in the blood that is needed for the drug it to provide it's intended benefits to the patient.
What is the therapeutic level?
This nebulized drug can be used as a mucolytic and an antidote for a popular pain reliever.
What is acetylcysteine?
Wash the area, inspect the area and apply the prescribed amount wearing clean gloves.
What is the correct way to apply a topical cream?
Study tip - review the proper technique for administering a variety of drugs via the parenteral, enteral, and transcutaneous routes.
This process was devised by the FDA to safely create new drugs.
What is the Drug Approval Process?
Study tip - review where new drugs come from and what those steps include
These considerations include more than just the patient.
What are pregnancy considerations & drug categories?
Study tip - review the pregnancy categories and drugs that you know are teratogens.
The time when the drug reaches the highest concentrations on the target.
What is peak time?
The nurse should give this drug to a diabetic patient has a blood glucose of 27.
What is glucagon?
This injection gets right under your skin.
What is intradermal?
Study tip - review all the types of injections and the sites in which they can be administered.
This is an unintended effect that occurs when a medication is correctly administered.
What is an adverse effect?
Study tip - review common and serious effects of drugs, anaphylaxis and black box warnings
These are medications that are given for ouchies and boo boos.
What are pain medications?
Study tip - review how to assess and treat pain. What are the different types of treatments that can be used?
The noxious, undesired, unintended effect of a drug. Concentration exceeds therapeutic range.
What is drug toxicity?
Study tip - review the signs & symptoms for drug toxicities. How would you recognize specific organ toxicities that are drug induced (think about labs & patient manifestations).
If the OD'd patient did not respond to the antidote for opioids, you should try this antidote for benzos.
What is flumazenil?
This system of measurement uses things you find in the kitchen.
What is the household system of measurement?
Study tip - review conversions across the household and metric systems
This is what nurses use to make sure the correct doses "add up."
What is dosage calculation
Study tip - use the math resources that are available on the pharm home page
What are drugs used to treat mental health, anxiety, and psychotic disorders.
Study tip - refresh your knowledge on this branch of pharmacology, especially the drugs that are known by their initials.
The amount of time it takes for ½ of the drug to be eliminated.
What is half life?
Study tip - practice finding the 1/2 life of a drug.
This drug is based on the amount of the toxic drug taken or it's serum level, rather than the patient's weight.
What is digoxin immune fab?
Ampules, vials and dry powders, insulins.
What are medications that have to be mixed or drawn up in certain ways?
Study tip - review the steps in these processes
These are drugs that are so high risk they need a second nurse to verify them.
What are HAMs (high alert medications)?
Study tip - review medications you can identify as HAMs. What makes them so special/dangerous? Are there labs or special protocols to follow with their administration?
This is a process that is used by the nurse on a continual basis while providing patient care and administering medications.
What is the nursing process?
Study tip - Review ADPIE, think about how you collect information from patients, how you teach patients, and how you know if they understand how to use medications/manage conditions.