Nursing Process
What does the ADPIE acronym stand for?
Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Intervention
Evaluation
Tylenol is the brand name or generic name?
Pharmacokinetics
You receive a physicians order that requests a medication be given qid. How many times a day will this patient be receiving the medication?
Four times
What does OTC stand for?
Over The Counter
Verifying allergies with patients is part of your assessment, what else do we want to know about their allergy?
True or False: the generic name of a drug is usually capitalized
False
Excretion
____ tablets are designed to dissolve very slowly
Sustained-Release (SR)
a ___ is a chemical agent capable of producing biological responses within the body
Goals
Drugs with a potential for abuse are categorized into _____
_____ the effect of the drug on the body
How many rights of medication administration are indicated in the Adams textbook
10
Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB)
_____ are the objective measure of goals
evaluation
Which of these phrases would describe the therapeutic classification of a medication? Antihypertensive or calcium channel blocker
Antihypertensive
True
True or False: transcribing medication orders in pencil is acceptable
False
Therapeutic agents can be classified as drugs, biologics or ____?
Natural health products
True or False: When speaking with a client about medication history it is important to also ask about over-the-counter and herbal supplements as well as prescription medications
True
Which drug schedule would be provided in a pharmacy, with a pharmacist available for consult in the self-selection area?
Schedule III
Absorption determines onset of drug action, which route has the most rapid onset of action? IM, IV, PO, SC
IV
What is the equivalent to 1 tablespoon in ml's?
15ml
____ is the application of drugs to prevent disease and ease suffering
Pharmacotherapy