Basics Overview
The part of the nursing process when the nurse decides if the medication administered has achieved the therapeutic response.
What is Evaluation?
Medications that reduce the viscosity of respiratory secretions and facilitate their removal
What are expectorants?
I am the antiviral that treats herpes simplex virus 1 and 2, herpes simplex and chickenpox.
What is acyclovir?
__________ are drugs that constrict the pupil and __________ are drugs that dilate the pupil.
What are miotics and mydriatics?
Drugs that dissolve thrombi by functioning similarly to tissue plasminogen activator.
What are thrombolytic drugs?
Name a drug route that does not go through the first-pass
What is intravenous? Or sublingual, transdermal, intramuscular, etc.
Sympathomimetic nasal decongestants can cause what unwanted side effect if they become systemic?
What is palpitations and hypertension?
I am a medication for the treatment of TB and can cause optic neuritis and peripheral neuropathy.
What is isoniazid?
Anticholinergics _____________the pupil and cholinergics ________________ the pupil.
What is constrict and dilate?
The anticoagulant that inhibits Vitamin-K dependent clotting factors.
What is coumadin (warfarin)?
The lowest blood level of a drug in the body
What is the trough?
This is the only medication type that should be used in an acute asthma exacerbation.
What are beta2-adrenergic agonists?
Severe systemic fungal infections are treated with Amphotericin-B. Name 3 side effects that require pre-treatment medications before the infusion is started.
What are fever, chills and muscle and joint pain? (also malaise, anorexia, nausea and vomiting and headache).
The correct area to place an eyedrop.
What is the lower conjunctival sac?
A clinically important adverse effect of HMG-COA Reductase inhibitors (statins).
What is myopathy which can lead to rhabdomyolysis, renal failure and even death.
The principle that should be followed when dosing medications for the elderly.
What is "start low and go slow".
Famotidine (Pepcid) is this classification of drug
What are H2 receptor antagonists?
Hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, can also be used to treat which other disorders?
What are lupus erythematous and rheumatoid arthritis?
What classification of medication is Mannitol?
What is an osmotic diuretic?
What is hyperkalemia?
The best way to determine if a patient understands the teaching you have given them on their medications
What is "return demonstration" or "return verbalization"
These are the laxatives that need to be taken with liberal amounts of water to prevent esophageal obstruction.
What are bulk-forming laxatives?
Name one potentially severe complication from taking an NSAID.
What is GI bleeding?
How to correctly administer an eardrop to a child.
What is pull the pinna down and back.
Three indications for taking loop diuretics.
What are hypertension, edema associated with heart failure, renal or hepatic disease and hypercalcemia.