Basics of pharmacology
Name the 4 phases of the drug cycle
Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion
Who regulates safety while nurses are on the job?
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
What does vancomycin treat
C diff
MRSA
Morphine is what class of drug
Opioid agonist
What is the abbreviation for nothing by mouth
NPO
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.
Name the 7 rights of medication administration
Right patient
Right drug
right dose
right route
Right technique
Right documentation
What are signs that a patient has ototoxicity?
Ringing in ears.
hearing loss
What class of drug is naloxone
Opioid antagonist
What do you give if a patient has a acetominophen overdose?
Acetylcysteine
Define synergism
Synergism occurs when a drug combination provides a more potent effect than when each drug is taken separately.
Patients requiring smaller doses of medications
include
Pediatric patients and geriatric
Signs of Redman syndrome are:
a rash on the face, neck, and upper torso · nausea and vomiting · itching · low blood pressure · fever and chills ..
What medication can have these adverse effects: paresthesias, convulsions, and
cardiac conduction disorders and seizures
Lidocaine
A patient has recently been given a dose of IV morphine. Her respiratory rate is 8. What do you give her?
Nalaxone
Effects that can cause severe harm or death is
Adverse effects
Polypharmacy is what?
The use of multiple drugs to treat diseases and other health conditions is known as polypharmacy.
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.
Adverse effects of morphine
Respiratory depression
Urinary retention
A lot of people are allergic to this antibiotic
Penicillin
Describe what absorption
distribution
metabolism
and excretion is in your own words.
What types of medication interactions are there?
Drug-drug (Fluconazole and simvastatin)
drug-food (Atorvastatin and grapefruit)
drug-disease (Acetaminophen and liver disease)
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
Do not give butorphanol or other medications of the like with
with other opioids
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.