Rights not Wrongs
The first "right" of rights of medication
What is right patient?
The process where medications travel through body tissues into the bloodstream
What is absorption?
The ideal candidate for oral glucose
What is a conscious patient who is hypoglycemic?
The first thing you do if you make a medication error
What is provide appropriate patient care?
What "SC" stands for
What is right medication?
True or False; medicine injected IM is slow
Common ways to administer Narcan (Nalaxone) (200 pts extra for which way works faster)
What is intranasal, intravenously, and intramuscular? (What is intravenously works fastest?)
The second thing you do if you make a medication error
What is notify medical control?
"PO" stands for this
What is by mouth?
The third "right" of rights of medication
What is right dose?
When medication enters the body through the digestive system, it is called
What is enteral?
Nitroglycerin helps with this
What is angina pain (cardiac patients)?
The third action you take after making a medical error
What is follow protocols?
What "IM" stands for
What is intramuscular?
The fourth "right" on the rights of medication
What is right route?
When medications enter the body by other means than the digestive system
Name doses of epinephrine in anaphylactic and cardiac adult patients
What is 0.3 mg IM (anaphylaxis) and 1 mg IV (cardiac)?
The fourth action you take after making a medication error
What is document thoroughly, accurately, and honestly?
"IO" stands for this
What is intraosseous?
What is right to refuse?
A suspension can be described as a
What is a substance that does not dissolve well in liquids? (it separates)
Side effects of nitroglycerin include: (4 answers)
The final thing you must do after making a medication error
What is talk to your partner, supervisor, or medical director?
"IN" stands for this
What is intranasal?