Fluids and electrolytes
The only fluid that is compatible with blood products.
What is normal saline (0.9% NS)?
A side effect of rifampin that will cause the patient to need to wear their glasses instead of contact lenses.
What is red-orange body fluids?
Dangerous side effects associated with long term benzodiazepine use.
What are tolerance, dependence, and addiction?
Long acting insulin; usually referred to as Lantus. This particular type of insulin cannot be combined with any other insulin.
What is pharmacokinetics?
A sign of hypocalcemia that occurs when the facial nerve is tapped.
What is Chvostek’s sign?
The TB drug associated with decline in visual acuity. Clients taking this medication should have regular eye exams.
What is ethambutol?
The antidote for benzodiazepine overdose.
What is flumazenil?
The primary adverse effect of oral antidiabetic medications, such as metformin.
What is hypoglycemia?
What is pharmacodynamics?
A safety precaution that should be put into place for clients with a sodium imbalance.
What is seizure precautions?
A dangerous and potentially life-threatening adverse effect of ALL antitubercular drugs.
What is hepatotoxicity?
Patients taking seizure medications should use this to avoid unwanted pregnancies.
The drug class that drugs such as glimeperide and glyburide belong to.
Sulfonylureas
Something that happens when a drug is metabolized, usually by the liver, before it can enter the bloodstream.
What is first pass effect?
The term that describes a fluid with a higher concentration of solutes than the intracellular fluid.
A supplement that patients receiving isoniazid should take.
What is vitamin B6?
A severe and painful skin condition that can result from carbamazepine.
Stevens-Johnson
The appropriate treatment for an unconscious client suffering from hypoglycemia.
What is glucagon?
A potentially dangerous adverse effect of medications that older adults are at risk for due to impaired liver and kidney function.
What is drug toxicity?
A patient receiving magnesium sulfate IV has respiratory depression and decreased DTRs. Based on these assessment findings, the nurse anticipates giving this medication.
What is calcium gluconate?
Patients taking isoniazid should avoid these foods.
What is tyramine rich-foods? Cheese, wine, beer, smoked/aged meats, avocados, overripe fruits, etc
Two lab tests that should be performed regularly in patients taking anticonvulsant medications.
What is CBC and LFTs?
A black box warning for glitazones, such as pioglitazone.
What is heart failure?
Something that occurs when molecules of a drug bind to plasma proteins.
What is protein binding?