Pharmacokinetics and Routes of Administration
Safe Medication Administration and Error Reduction
Dosage Calculation
Intravenous Therapy
Adverse Effects, Interactions, and Contraindications
100

The route of administration with the fastest rate of absorption. 

What is intravenous?

100

The official nonproprietary name given to a medication.

What is the generic name?

100

The conversion factor from kg to lbs. 

What is 2.2 lbs./kg?

100

Involves infusion of fluids via an IV catheter to administer medications, fluid replacement, electrolytes or nutrients

What is Intravenous Therapy?

100

Undesired, inadvertent, and harmful effects of a medication.

What is an Adverse Effect?

200

The time for the medication in the body to drop by 50%.

What is a half-life?

200

How the medication produces its therapeutic effect.

What is the mechanism of action?

200

The correct amount of tablets to give when a prescription calls for a 1200mg dose and available is 300mg tablets.

What is 4 tablets?

200

A medical device that delivers fluids such as medications and nutrients into the client's body in controlled amounts.

What is an Infusion Pump?

200

Abnormal body movements such as tremors, rigidity, restlessness, acute dystonia (spastic movements of the back, neck, face, tongue), drooling, agitation and shuffling gait.

What is Extrapyramidal Symptoms?

300

The direction you pull the auricle when administering ear drops for children less than 3 years old.

What is down and back?

300

One of the rights of safe medication administration pertaining to correctly interpreting medication prescriptions, verifying completeness and clarity.

What is the "Right Medication"?

300
The correct injection dosage in milliliters when a prescription calls for 7000 units of heparin and available is 10,000 units/mL.

What is 0.7mL?

300

IV dressing site are changed according to facilities policies usually every

What is 72 hours?

300

Medication-induced injury to the liver cells

What is Hepatotoxicity?

400

The direction you position the client when administering a rectal suppository.

What is the left lateral or Sim's Position. 

400

One of the rights of safe medication administration involving collecting essential data before and after administering any medication

What is the "Right Assessment"?

400

The correct dosage in milliliters when a prescription calls for 9mg/kg/day when the patient weighs 110lbs and available is 50mg/5mL.

What is 45 mL?

400

Priority nursing intervention to prevent infusion reaction.

What is Stop the Infusion?

400

A rapid systemic reaction following an allergic response to an allergen.

What is Anaphylaxis?

500

When some medications get inactivated due to going through the liver first.

What is the first-pass effect?

500

The proper way to write MgSOin a prescription to avoid medication errors.

What is magnesium sulfate?

500

The correct manual IV infusion rate in gtt/min (rounded to the nearest whole number) when the prescription calls for 1000mL to be infused over 4 hours and the drop factor for the IV tubing is 10 gtt/mL.

What is 42 gtt/min?
500

An IV complication the causes edema, throbbing, burning or pain at the site, increased skin temperature

What is Phlebitis or Thrombophlebitis?

500

Vitamin K decreases the therapeutic effects of this medication and can put clients at risk for developing blood clots.

What is Warfarin?