Pharm Terminology
This is an unpredictable and unexplained drug reaction.
What is idiosyncratic reaction?
Aspirin
What are Bleeding risk, GI bleed, Reye's syndrome in children?
Labs: Loop Diuretics
What is potassium?
Administration involves placing a drug between your gums and cheek, where it also dissolves and is absorbed into your blood.
What is buccal?
Furosemide (Lasix)
What is a loop diuretic
What is the action of bactericidal drugs?
What is kill bacteria?
Your patient c/o bitter taste after using ipratropium (Atrovent)
You should rinse your mouth out after using your inhaler.
Rest and digest part of the nervous system
What is the parasympathic nervous system?
Refers to the relative ability of a drug-receptor complex to produce a maximum functional response.
What is efficacy?
Morphine (top nursing priority)
What is Respiratory depression?
Assess after albuterol
What are lung sounds?
Onset between 30 min to 1 hour, subject to first pass effect
What is PO/oral route?
Ondansetron (Zofran)
What is a serotonin antagonist?
Compliance with Phenytoin (Dilantin)
What is do not stop this medication abruptly, withdrawal seizures may occur if not titrated?
This is the safest class of antibiotics
What are penicillins?
What are agents that cause malformation of an embryo?
What are Teratogenic drug? (Tetracycline)
IV Gentamycin
What is Ototoxicity?
After administering Furosemide assess for:
What is urine output?
100% bioavailability, rapid onset can lead to severe adverse effects
What is Intravenous?
What is an Antiviral?
Atorvastatin (Lipitor)
What is inhibit enzymes essential for cholestorol synthesis?
Your patient who is taking famotidine (Pepcid) needs medication for a headache what should they take.
NSAIDs are not recommend for patients with GI ulcers, it is safe to take acetaminophen.
What tool is used to identify the correct antibiotic for a patient?
What is a blood culture and sensitivity?
Which drug class works by producing actions that are the opposit of sympathomimetics?
What are adrenergic antagonists?
rifampin
What are red-orange body fluids?
Prior to giving newly prescribed Enalapril
What is assess blood pressure?
Medications that work quickly because they go directly into pulmonary circulation.
Omeprazole (Prilosec)
What is a Proton-pump inhibitor?
Ketoconazole (Nizoral)
What is disrupts synthesis of ergosterol?
Should I take my propranolol before my inhaler?
Propranolol is a beta-blocker and can cause bronchospasm, please notify your PCP ASAP about your Asthma.
Bronchoconstriction in the airways is stimulated by
What is the parasympathic nervous system?
What are the ten rights of medication administration?
What are patient, medication, dose, time, route, documentation, pt education, right to refuse, assessment, and evaluation?
In the geriatric populations NSAIDs cause
What are GI bleeding and Kidney Injury?
What s/s should you look for in a patient taking multiple antibiotics?
What are s/s of c- diff, thrush, and yeast infections?
Minimal systemic adverse effects, injected into the subarachnoid space.
What is intrathecal?
Naloxone (Narcan)
What is an opiate antagonist?
Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide)
What is decreases sodium reabsorption and decreases fluid in the blood stream therefore decrease blood pressure?
Your patient wants to stop taking their antibiotics once they start feeling better.
If you stop early you may not have killed the bacteria completely. The bacteria may develop antibotic resistance.
These are s/s of digoxin toxcity.
What are nausea, dizziness, vision changes, confusion? (Check VS)