Medication Rules
You must assess for ______ prior to administering any medications.
What is Allergies/Contraindications
This is the acronym for "as needed."
What is PRN?
What should you do with the syringe and needle after injecting any medication?
What is activate safety guard and place in sharps?
Sublingual medications are absorbed through the mucous membrane.
This type of order is to be administered immediately.
What is STAT?
What 2 patient identifiers can be used when identifying a patient prior to medication administration?
What is Name, DOB or MRN?
DAILY DOUBLE
This route is often used for an easily melted medication, prepared with a firm base and is inserted into the body.
What is suppository?
Ventrogluteal muscle is a preferred muscle for injections in which population of patients?
What is adult?
Capsules, long acting, slow acting and enteric coated medications can be opened/crushed for easier administration.
A patient takes a medication and immediately has trouble breathing and clutches throat, patient is experiencing _______ .
Anaphylaxis response
First thing you do before administering medications?
What do these acronyms mean?
PO, SL, SQ, IM
What is "by mouth," "sublingual," "subcutaneous," and "intramuscular?"
How many mL is acceptable with an intramuscular injection?
What is 1-5mL?
The correct length of needle that is used when giving an injection in the dorsogluteal site is 5/8"-1"
What is false? - 1"-1 1/2" needle length
DAILY DOUBLE
This is where you instill eye drops in a patients eye.
What is lower conjunctival sac?
What are the 6 rights of medication administration?
What is right patient, right medications, right dose, right route, right time & right documentation?
Name 3 different routes of medication administration?
What is Oral (enteral, sublingual, buccal), Parenteral (intramuscular, intradermal, subcutaneous) & Topical (instillation, skin application)?
Name a safe site to give a subcutaneous injection.
What is back of upper arm, margin of the iliac crest in abdomen and ventral/dorso gluteal areas?
DAILY DOUBLE
When a patient is coming into the office for multiple days in a row for multiple doses of a medication it is imperative to give the injection in the a different site each time.
What is true? - must rotate sites to avoid tissue damage.
Which way do you pull the pinna when placing ear drops in an adult patients ear?
What is up & back?
DAILY DOUBLE
What are the 3 checks of medication administration?
What is when getting the medication, when comparing medication to the MAR & before administering medication?
What is required to be written on a transdermal patch when applying a new one to a patient by medical staff?
What is date, time & initials?
This gauge & length needle should be used for IM injections in adults.
When giving an immunization/medication at time of a patients visit, the order must be placed as a STAT order.
What is False? - must be placed as routine.
A glass bottle with a self-sealing stopper through which medication is removed.
What is a vial?