Basics of pharmacology
Safety for med administration
Medications for infections
Medications for pain and inflammation
Mixed
100

Name the 4 phases of the drug cycle

Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion

100

Who regulates safety while nurses are on the job?

Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)

100

What does vancomycin treat

C diff

MRSA


100

Morphine is what class of drug

Opioid agonist

100

What is the abbreviation for nothing by mouth

NPO

200

What is a narrow therapeutic index?

Drugs with a narrow TI (NTIDs) have a narrow window between their effective doses and those at which they produce adverse toxic effects.

200

Name the 7 rights of medication administration

Right patient

Right drug

right dose

right route

Right technique

Right documentation

200

What are signs that a patient has ototoxicity?

Ringing in ears. 

hearing loss

200

What class of drug is naloxone

Opioid antagonist

200

What do you give if a patient has a acetominophen overdose?

Acetylcysteine

300

Define synergism

Synergism occurs when a drug combination provides a more potent effect than when each drug is taken separately.

300

Patients requiring smaller doses of medications
include

Pediatric patients and geriatric

300

Signs of Redman syndrome are:

 a rash on the face, neck, and upper torso · nausea and vomiting · itching · low blood pressure · fever and chills ..

300

 What medication can have these adverse effects: paresthesias, convulsions, and
cardiac conduction disorders and seizures

Lidocaine

300

A patient has recently been given a dose of IV morphine. Her respiratory rate is 8. What do you give her?

Nalaxone

400

Effects that can cause severe harm or death is

Adverse effects

400

Polypharmacy is what?

The use of multiple drugs to treat diseases and other health conditions is known as polypharmacy. 

400

Redman syndrome is cause by what?

What can the nurse do to avoid this?

Rapid infusion of vancomycin

Run vancomycin over at least 1 hr.

400

Adverse effects of morphine

Respiratory depression

Urinary retention

400

A lot of people are allergic to this antibiotic

Penicillin

500

Describe what absorption

distribution

metabolism

and excretion is in your own words.

  • Absorption: Describes how the drug moves from the site of administration to the site of action.
  • Distribution: Describes the journey of the drug through the bloodstream to various tissues of the body.
  • Metabolism: Describes the process that breaks down the drug.
  • Excretion: Describes the removal of the drug from the body.
500

What types of medication interactions are there?

Drug-drug (Fluconazole and simvastatin)

drug-food (Atorvastatin and grapefruit)

drug-disease (Acetaminophen and liver disease)

500

1.What does sulfamethoxo
zole-
trimethoprim treat?

2.What patient education would you give your patient taking this medication


1. ◦ Urinary tract infections.


2. Report bleeding,
sore throat Report rash,
itching, difficulty
breathing 

500

Do not give butorphanol or other medications of the like with

with other opioids

500

What teaching will you give your patient who is on opioids?

Do not take prior to driving or activities
requiring mental alertness.
•Report any inability to urinate or
difficulty urinating.
• Change positions gradually. 

Rise slowly from a reclining or sitting
position.

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