Vocabulary
Abbreviations
Medications
Drug Conversions
Routes of Administration
100
Medicated substance in a solid base that melts when place in the body openings.
What is Suppository?
100
aspirin
What is ASA?
100
Commonly used to endure sleep
What is a hypnotic
100
weight, volume, length
What is the Metric System?
100
Oral or po
What is a patients way of swallowing medication?
200
Small glass vial seal to keep contents sterile
What is Ampoule (Ampule)?
200
over the counter
What is OTC?
200
Patient-Controlled Analgesia
What is PCA?
200
The Metric System
What is the use of Arabic numerals?
200
Topical = lotion, cream or ointment
What is applied to the Skin?
300
Administered directly into a vein
What is Intravenous or Infusion?
300
laxative of chose
What is LOC?
300
Schedule I, II, III, IV, V
What is the five classes to controlled substances or drugs?
300
Weighing and measuring drugs and the solutions
What is the apothecary system used for?
300
Intradermal
What is given at 15 degree angle?
400
Storage cart that requires confidential id and a password to gain access to medication
What is Computerized Medication Cart?
400
Potassium Chloride
What is KCL?
400
Hormones
What is to replace or regulate glandular secretions from glands?
400
fl = Fluid
What is the abbreviation that is not frequently used?
400
Instillation
What is given in the eye, ear, or nose?
500
Medications that are given by forcing liquid into the body with a needle and syringe
What is Injectables?
500
milliequivalent
What is mEq?
500
Antiarrhythmic Agents
What is the medication that correct abnormal cardiac beets by several functions?
500
Diuretic Agents
What is the drug that is identified as water pills?
500
liquid medications that are commonly administered by the respiratory department
What is inhalation?
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