The Basics
When two or more drugs used at the same time affect each other's action.
What is an interaction?
This type of tablet prevents medication from being dissolved in the stomach
What is Enteric Coated
The 7 rights of medication administration are
What is the right:
Person, Medication, route, time, consistency, record, dose.
Medications that have an affect on the entire body are known as
What is systemic?
True of false
Direct care staff can take a verbal or telephone order from a nurse or doctor.
False
Who can take the order?
What do you do if someone tried to get you to take an order?
What is the acceptable way to dispose of contaminated or expired medications?
Follow your agency's policies and procedures for disposal.
A medication that can be bought at any store without a prescription.
The 7 rights are to be checked this many times when administering medications. State when those checks should be done.
3 times
1. When you take it out of the locked storage
2. Before removing the medication
3. Immediately before administration
If at any time you discover that any of the info does not match what should you do?
The procedure to administer liquid medications is___
What is shake well, pour with label palm side up, pour at eye level into a medicine cup or the measuring device provided.
A nurse trainer delegates this to a qualified, competent assistive personal aka ADSP in a selected situation that does not require nursing judgment or decision making
What is a task
Only an RN can delegate
Name assigned by the laboratory or manufacturer that developed the drug.
What is generic name?
A topical medication with a fatty base.
What is an ointment?
An individual refuses their medication, the ADSPs responsibility is to...
What is try 3 times over an hour, and notify the RN-T if unsuccessful.
A medication given as needed is called a _
Describe how to document properly.
What is a PRN Med
Document when given
Document 30 -60 minutes later as to the results
A life threatening reaction that needs immediate medical attention and can be visible as swollen lips, or difficulty breathing
What is anaphylactic shock?
What do you do?
Call 911, then RN-T, admin
If individual has an epi-pen you would give that first the follow the above
Medication that is taken into the mouth and held under the tongue to dissolve is this.
What is sublingual
Main side effects are fatigue and drowsiness
What are antidepressants?
This needs to be in front of you and open to the correct person when administering medications so the 7 rights can be followed each and every time a med pass is done
What is the Medication Administration Record (MAR)
The ADSP must initial the MAR to indicate that they have observed the individual taking his medication at this time. The ADSP must check the individuals mouth to make sure the med was swallowed T or F
Immediately after the medication is consumed.
False
An ADSP forgets to administer a medication, this is known as a form of...
What is neglect, and is also a reportable med error
How a medication enters the body
What is route/path?
Prescription drugs that are likely to be abused because they are often addictive are called
Controlled substances
Must be counted each and every shift and when they are given. ADSP is NOT allowed to dispose of controlled meds, requires 2 professionals i.e. RN and pharmacist
This is what you do FIRST if you administer the wrong medication to an individual
What is call the Nurse-Trainer?
These are stored separately from oral medications
What are eye drops, ear drops, topicals, inhalers
Billie's mom wants you to start giving him Advil and she has brought a bottle for you to start giving it to him. Your response is...
What is "I'm sorry, but we can only administer medications that we have a written order for from the physician