Antibiotics
Sharing antibiotics and using leftover antibiotics can increase antibiotic resistance. True or False.
What is true?
Medications applied to the skin or into external body structures, such as the ear or eye.
What is topical agents?
Maximum volume that should be in a single injection.
Your patient is taking metronidazole (Flagyl) for bacterial vaginosis. What should you educate them to avoid.
What is alcohol?
Definition for 'ADL'.
What is activities of daily living?
Antibiotic therapy should not start until after the specimen for C&S is forwarded to the laboratory for analysis. True or False.
What is true?
What is athletes foot and ring worm?
The angle an intramuscular injection is given.
What is 90 degrees?
The nurse should do this immediately after giving an injection.
What is cap the needle?
The five rights of drug administration.
What is right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, right time?
Antibiotics only work on bacteria. Not viruses. True or False.
What is true?
The generic name for Monistat.
What is miconazole?
This determines where to give an IM injection. *hint there's 3*
What is BMI, age, amount of medication?
What is Lexapro?
Your patient is taking doxycycline and verbalizes they should avoid sunlight or wear sunscreen when taking this. What kind of antibiotic is this?
What is Tetracycline?
Another antifungal used to treat athlete's foot and ring worm.
What is terbinafine HCl (Lamisil)?
The great trochanter is a major landmark when identifying this injection site.
What is vastus lateralis?
What is anaphylactic?
The generic name for Abilify which is an atypical antipsychotic.
What is aripiprazole?
This medication is commonly used to treat acne. Give generic and brand name.
What is minocycline (Minocine)?
What is corticosteroids?
The acromiom process is a major landmark when identifying this injection site.
What is deltoid?
Your patient is taking minocycline for acne. They are complaining of heart burn. What would you advise them not to take?
Antacids
Many medications should not be taken with grapefruit juice. Explain why.
What is chemicals in the grapefruit juice inhibit the metabolism of these medications, which can lead to increased blood levels and medication toxicity.