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Rights and Lefts
Head Meds
Subway
IMleague
100

The letters in PQRST stand for

What is:

P: promotion/palliation

Q:quality

R:Region/Radiation

S: Severity Scale

T: Timing

100

The 7 rights of medication administration are

What are:

1. Right Medication

2. Right Dose

3. Right patient

4. Right Route

5. Right Time

6. Right indication

7. Right Documentation

100
You need to bring these three things to give an oral medication

What is

Medication

Medication cup

Water cup

100

The syringe volume and gauge size for sub Q needles:

1-3 mL

28-31G

100

The items you need for a IM injections

1-3mL syringe

Needle (22G-25G 5/8"-1 1/2")

antiseptic pads

gauze pads

200

Describe what a 1 in the F category of the FLACC scale would look like

What is slight grimacing and frowning

200

The routes of medication administration are

Oral, topical/transdermal, inhalation, ocular, otic, parenteral

200

What medication is often given subligual. What is it for

What is Nitroglycerin

200

If a patient is emaciated what angle of insertion do you use?

What is

90 

200

The landmarks for injecting the Deltoid and ventrogluteal

What is

Do it right

300

What are the categories of the PAINAD scale

What is:

Breathing, Negative vocalization, Facial expression, Body language, Consolability

300

There are 7 extra patient rights regarding medications. What are at least 5 of them

What is:

To be informed about a medication

To refuse a medication

To have a medication history completed, to be informed of experiemental research status

To receive medication properly labeled and packaged

To get appropriate supportive therapy

To be free of unnecessary medications

300
The DON'Ts of oral medication administration

What is:

Forget to check allergies and two patient identifiers

Give medication with food or drinks that could interact

300

Sub Q injection sites

What is

upper back of arm

abdomen

anterior thigh

300

Explain why we Z-track

What is:

To displace the subcutanious layer and trap the medication in the muscle

400

Name three non-pharmacological pain interventions

What is:

Heat/cool, repositioning, distraction, relaxations, counseling/pastoral services, complementary/alternative medicine

400

Before giving a medication you should ensure:

What is:

Check two patient identifiers

Check for allergies

Do an assessment related to medications

All three checks have been performed


400

The DO's of Oral Medication Administration

What is:

Consider patients swallowing abilities and observe aspiration precautions

consult pharmacy before crushing medication for oral administration

400

Demonstrate a subQ injection

What is

do it correctly

400

ADPIE stands for

What is:

A: assess

D: Diagnose

P: plan

I: intervene

E: Evaluate

500

What meds do we use for the different numeric pain levels?

What is:

Tylenol: 2-4

Oxycodone: 5-7

Hydromorphone: 8-10

500

When do we do the three checks for oral medication administration

What is:

1. When gathering medication 

2. When medication is poured

3. When the medication is given at bedside


500

Medicines that cannot be crushed

Sustained Release, Extended Release, Enteric Coated, Sublingual

500
You should not do this when giving a SubQ

What is

massage the medication

aspirate for blood


500

The two stages of Assessment

What is:

Collection and verification

Analysis of information