Medication Administration
Name three routes of medication administration
What are PO, SQ, IM, IV, ID, SL, intranasally, transdermal, eyedrops, and eardrops.
The number one way to prevent infection
What is handwashing?
NG tube insertion
What is non-sterile?
What is a potassium-losing diuretic?
Examples include Jackson-Pratt (JP) drains, hemovacs, and chest tubes.
What are closed-drainage systems?
It is missing from the following order:
Tylenol 650mg PO PRN
What is frequency and reason for administration?
This is the simplest type of dressing change
What is a wet to dry dressing?
Foley catheter insertion
What is sterile?
Lisinopril
This must always be performed prior to using a NG tube
What is placement verification?
Three sites for SQ injections
What are back of the arms, thighs, and abdomen.
Characteristics of stomas
What is red, beefy, and moist?
Ostomy changes
What is non-sterile?
Enoxaparin
What is stage III pressure injury?
The angles with which SQ injections should be given
What are 45 to 90 degree angles?
The process used when a NG or Peg tube is clogged
Chronic dressing changes
What is non-sterile?
Phenytoin
What is an anticonvulsant?
This must be done if a wound vac system fails
What is application of a wet to dry dressing?
The 11 Rights of Medication Administration
What are right person, right medication, right dose, right time, right route, right reason, right assessment data, right evaluation, right documentation, right education, and right to refusal?
The tube that is either cleaned or disposed of during trach care
Trach care
What is sterile?
Clopidogrel
What is an antiplatelet?
It is necessary to do this to your patient prior to suctioning them
What is pre-oxygenation?