Drug doses
You are administering 1gm of paracetamol and you have paracetamol 500mg tablets. How many tablets are you administering.
2 tablets
What is the main goal of medication safety practices?
To prevent harm to the client
Dulcolax or Gargamel?
Dulcolax is a laxative.
Gargamel is a smurf antagonist.
What is QID?
4 times a day.
What medication first came out as rat poison in the 1920's and then became a medication to thin blood in 1955?
Warfarin
Your order is for risperidone 1mg. You have a bottle of risperidone 0.5mg/0.5mls. How many mls are you administering?
1ml
What schedule of medications are classed as "monitored" medications.
S8 & Restricted S4
Doofenshmirtz or Zovirax?
Doofenshmirtz is an antagonist of Phineas and Ferb.
Zovirax is an antiviral.
What is NEB?
Nebulised
What medication is used for angina that is also an volatile industrial explosive?
Nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate)
Your order is for 50mcg of levothyroxine. Your medication is levothyroxine 100mcg. How many tablets are you administering?
1/2 tablet
What are the 8 rights of medication that Orana follow?
Right medication, right person, right time, right dose, right route, right method, right to refuse, write it down.
Ultron or Coreg?
Ultron is a marvel comic.
Coreg is used for heart failure.
What is Pess?
Pessary
Captopril is used to lower blood pressure. What animal's venom was initially used to make this?
Brazilian pit viper.
You have a tablet Amoxycillin 500 mg and your order is 3 tablets. How many grams are you administering?
1.5gm
What types of medications should you NOT take with yoghurt?
Certain antibiotics such as tetracyclines
Savitar or Cozaar?
Savitar is an enemy of Flash.
Cozaar is for high blood pressure.
What is s/c?
Subcutaneous
What paradoxical effect was discovered from patients using Bimatoprost (Glaocoma drops)?
Long, dark and thick eyelashes.
To do a drug calculation you divide what you need over what you've got times volume. If you have an order for 75mg and you have a bottle of medication that has 50mg/10mls. How much are you giving?
15mls
What must be completed by the prescribing practitioner to make a medication order valid?
Medication name, dose required, start date, signature, route and frequency.
Ximino or Amygdala?
Ximino is an antibiotic.
Amygdala is a Batman foe.
What is PCA?
Patient controlled analgesia
What medication was brought out as a non-addictive cough syrup in 1898 to replace morphine?
Heroin