LABS
Peak
When you give a medication between a persons cheek and gums?
Buccal
How many pounds=a kilgogram
2.2
Kg
Kilogram
WHAT IS LOVENOX (enoxapirin) for?
Anticoagulant
What is a normal WBC?
5,000-10,000 mL
What is the name of a prefilled insulin syringe where you turn the syringe to obtain the dosage ordered?
Pen
How many mL's are in 1/2 ounce?
15 mL
RECT
rectal
When administering ear drops how do you extend a a child's ear who is less than 3 years of age?
Pull lower earlobe downward and back
AST/ALT monitors what?
Liver functioning
Another name for bruising associated with blood being too thin from anticoagulants
petechiae
Coumadin 2.5 mg has been ordered. Medication supplied is 1 mg. How many tablets would you give?
2 1/2 tablets
PT
prothrombin time
Anterior lateral thigh for IM injections-preferred site for infants
Vastus Lateralis
Pt is on an anticoagulant. Platelets are lower than the normal range of 150,000-450,000. What does that mean regarding your anticoagulant?
Will cause the platelets to drop even lower. Will probably need to be stopped
Name another way drugs can be excreted from the body other than GI and the kidneys
Evaporation from skin
Exhalation from the lungs
Saliva and breast milk
Terbutaline 3.75 mg ordered. Supplied as 2.5 mg. How many tablets would you give?
1.5 tablets
TD
transdermal
Another IV fluid other than 0.9 % Sodium Chloride used for fluid replacement when patient is dehydrated
Lactated Ringers
Name at lest two kinds of leukocytes
neutrophils
lymphocytes
monocytes
eosinophils
basophils
What is the name of a prefilled insulin syringe when you turn the syringe to obtain the dosage ordered?
Pen
Methylphenidate HCL 2500 mcg ordered. Supplied as 5 mg. How many tablets would you give?
1/2
D5W
5% dextrose in water
Two finger breaths below the acromion process for IM injections
Deltoid