Medicating the Patient
This is the administration of substances outside the GI tract.
What is parenteral?
This is the most convenient route of administration for owners to medicate their pet at home.
What is oral administration?
This is the abbreviation for "drops"
What is gtt?
This is the intake and use of nutrients.
What is nutrition?
This polysaccharide is the body's storage form of glucose.
What is glycogen?
This method of medication administration is commonly known as "stomach tubing."
What is gastric intubation?
While convenient, the rate of absorption of this method of medication administration may vary from patient to patient.
What is oral medication administration?
This is the abbreviation for "ointment"
What is ung?
These are the required energy producing nutrients.
What are protein, carbohydrates, and lipids?
These are the required non-energy producing nutrients.
What are water, vitamins, and minerals.
This method of administration involves placing a long, flexible tube through the nostrils, ending in the stomach.
What is nasogastric intubation?
This method of administration is performed to feed neonates (newborns).
What is gastric intubation?
This is the disinfecting agent used to clean an injection site prior to parenteral injection.
What is isopropyl alcohol?
These two terms describe sugars as either simple or complex.
What are monosaccharides and polysaccharides?
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
These are the Five Rights of Medication Administration
What are:
The right patient
The right drug
The right dose
The right route of administration
The right time and frequency
This is the administration site for intramuscular injections.
What are the hamstrings, paralumbar region, and gluteal muscles?
These are the three ways to identify syringe size.
What is gauge, length, and volume (mL).
This is the number of essential amino acids that cannot be synthesized by the body in adequate amounts.
What is 11?
Excess protein is stored as this substance in the body.
What is adipose tissue?
Ideal injection sites for this this type of injection include the dorsolateral area from shoulders to rump.
What are subcutaneous injections?
Administering medications via this route will have the most rapid rate of absorption into the blood circulation and tissues.
What is intravenous injection?
Remember to give the client this caution when educating them how to apply eye medication.
Do not touch the medication dispenser to the eye to prevent contamination and injury.
These are the building blocks of lipids.
What are fatty acids?
This nutrient provides the most concentrated form of energy.
What are lipids?