MEDICATION BASICS
CATEGORIES OF MEDICATIONS THAT ARE TOPICALLY ADMINISTERED,
WHAT ARE DROPS, OINTMENTS, AND SPRAYS?
AUDITORY, VISUAL, KINESTHETIC
WHAT ARE STYLES OF LEARNING?
THIS MEANS TO PREVENT DISEASE.
PROPHYLAXIS
COMMON ANTICOAGULANTS:
HEPARIN
WARFARIN- COUMADIN
APIXABAN- ELIQUIS
CLOPIDOGREL- PLAVIX
THIS IS A BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION THAT WORKS WITH THE KIDNEY TO INHIBIT THE CONVERSION OF ANGIOTENSIN TO RELAX THE BLOOD VESSELS.
WHAT IS AN ACE (ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME) INHIBITOR?
WHEN ADMINISTERING TOPICAL, INJECTABLE, INHALERS, SUPPOSITORIES, AND EYE MEDS, THE TMA/NURSE MUST DON THESE.
WHAT ARE GLOVES?
TIME ISSUES, KNOWLEDGE DEFICIT, NO ACCESS TO MATERIALS
WHAT ARE SOME BARRIERS TO NURSES PROVIDING EDUCATION?
DRUGS MIXED WITH AN ALCOHOL BASE ARE.
WHAT ARE TINCTURES?
A TABLET DESIGNED TO PASS THROUGH THE STOMACH AND DISSOLVE IN THE INTESTINES, IN OTHER WORD CREATE SUSTAINED/TIME DELAYED RELEASE.
WHAT IS ENTERIC COATED?
METOPROLOL AND ATENOLOL ARE TYPES OF HYPERTENSION MEDICATIONS THAT ALLOW THE HEART TO BEAT MORE EFFICIENTLY AND ARE IN THIS CLASSIFICATION.
WHAT IS BETA-BLOCKERS?
FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES THAT ALL MEDICATIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO BE SECURED IN THIS WAY.
WHAT IS TO BE KEPT IN A DOUBLE-LOCKED, SECURED COMPARTMENT WITH STRICT INVENTORY TRACKING AND ACCESS CONTROLS.
THIS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO GIVE THE FIRST DOSE OF A NEW MEDICATION.
WHO IS THE NURSE?
TABLETS TO BE PLACED UNDER THE TONGUE.
WHAT IS SUBLINGUAL?
THESE EVENTS MIGHT BE CAUSED BY A BLOOD CLOT.
WHAT ARE STROKE, HEART ATTACK, DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, PULMONARY EMBOLISM?
MEASURING ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE IS MESURING THE BLOOD PRESSURE IN THESE TWO POSITIONS.
WHAT IS STANDING AND SITTING?
THIS MEDICATION CAN MAKE ONE FEEL SHAKY, TINGLY, AND ANXIOUS, RAISING THE HR, YET IT ASSISTS ONE TO BREATHE BY OPENING THE BRONCHI.
WHAT IS ALBUTEROL?
THESE PATIENTS USUALLY REQUIRE ALTERED DOSES OF CERTAIN MEDICATIONS.
WHO ARE THE ELDERLY AND PEDIATRICS?
DRUGS MEANT TO BE PLACED BETWEEN THE CHEEK AND THE GUMS ARE.
WHAT IS BUCCAL?
THE REVERSAL AGENT FOR COUMADIN.
WHAT IS VITAMIN K?
WHAT IS WHEN THE RESIDENT SEES YELLOW/GREEN HALOS?
THIS BENZODIAZEPINE WAS ONCE CALLED "MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER."
GENERIC NAME-DIAZEPAM
BRAND NAME- VALIUM
WHAT ARE SYRUPS?
FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE METABOLISM AND ABSORPTION OF MEDICATIONS INCLUDE:
WHAT IS GREEN LEAFY VEGGIES AND VITAMIN K.
IF THEY ARE ALREADY INGESTING THESE ITEMS, THEY SHOULD REMAIN CONSISTENT. DO NOT LESSEN OR INCREASE INTAKE.
THIS CLASS OF MEDICATION WILL ESSENTIALLY LESSEN THE BLOOD VOLUME; THEREFORE, LOWERING THE BLOOD PRESSURE.
DIURETIC