administration
Name and birthdate
What do you use to identify the patient?
The nurse establishes a comprehensive baseline of data about the patient.
What is assessment?
Order reads give 500 mg. of a drug, it is available in 250 mg tablets
What is 2 tablets?
Regulates the manufacturing and distribution of narcotics,stimulants and anabolic steroids
What is the controlled substance act?
Right patient, right drug, right dosage,right route,right time,right documentation
What are the 6 rights of medication administration?
the oral route
What is the most common way of administering medication?
The nurse prepares to administer a prescribed medication during this phase of the nursing process.
What is implementation?
the number of ml in 1 liter
What is 1000 ml?
Enforces the controlled substance act, regulates documentation and handling of substances.
What is the DEA ( Drug Enforcement Administration)
Any preventable event that may cause or lead to an inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in control of the health care professional,patient or consumer.
What is a medication error?
One of the 9 rights of administration is not followed
What is a medication error?
During this phase the nurse prioritizes the nursing diagnosis
What is the planning stage?
The number of kg in 1 lb
What is 2.2?
Responsible for ensuring the safety and efficacy of drugs before they are marketed, approves new drugs
What is the FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
A method of grouping drugs, may be based on structure or therapeutic use.
What is drug classification?
Only after the medication has been given time ,route and lab values should be included.
What is documentation?
The first stage in the nursing process
What is assessment?
The abbreviation for "by mouth"
What is PO?
This process involves absorption, distribution,metabolism,and excretion
What is pharmacokinetics?
The time required for half of the administered dose of a drug to be eliminated by the body or the time it takes for the blood level of a drug to be reduced by 50%
What is hald-life?
A medication is due at 1800 it will be given at this time.
What is 6 P.M. ?
The final stage of the nursing process
What is evaluation?
one teaspoon has______ drops
What is 60 drops?
A laboratory measurement of the amount of a drug in the blood at a particular time
What is a serum drug level?
The study of what the drug does to the body.
What is pharmacodynamics?