The Nursing Process
The data collection phase of the Nursing Process
What is Assessment?
The four pharmacokinetic process
What are absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
The 6 rights of drug administration
What are right: time, route, amount, medication, patient, and documentation?
Drugs that stimulate the sympathetic nervous system
What are adrenergic agonists?
An herbal product often used to treat nausea
What is ginger?
Teaching the client potential side effects
What is an intervention?
This causes two drugs to compete for binding sites causing both to have higher than anticipated plasma drug levels
What is protein-binding?
The proper way to dispose of used needles
What is in the sharps container?
Two major side effects of cholinergic agonists
What are bradycardia, hypotension, bronchospasm, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, excessive salivation?
Vaccine recommended annually between October and March
What is influenza?
Determining if the goal was met
What is the Evaluation phase?
The effect of two drugs inhibiting each other
What is an antagonistic effect?
Xanax and Zantac
What are sound-alike drugs?
The classification of atenolol
What is a beta blocker?
Medications to soften and break up ear wax
What are cerumenolytics?
The elements of a SMART goal
What are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely?
The chemical changing of a drug into a form that can be excreted
What is metabolism?
Those responsible when the wrong medication is ordered and administered to the hospitalized patient
Who are the provider, the pharmacist, and the nurse?
The neurotransmitter for the cholinergic system
What is acetylcholine?
Contraindicated medications if the patient is taking sildenafil
What are nitrates?
Readiness to learn related to new medication regimen as evidenced by asking questions concerning treatment
What is a patient problem or nursing diagnosis?
The amount of drug left from a 100 mg dose after 2 half-lives.
What is 25 mg?
Examples include IU, MgSO4, and .5 mL
What are "Do Not Use" abbreviations?
The three neurotransmitters for the adrenergic system
What are norepinephrine, epinephrine, and dopamine?
Classification of medications not to be handled by women of childbearing age without the use of gloves
What are 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors