ABBREVIATIONS
DOSAGE CALCULATION
MEDICATION CLASSIFICATIONS
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
IT'S A MIXED BAG, BABY!
100

QID

FOUR TIMES A DAY?

100
ORDER: NEUROTIN 300 MG PO BID

ON HAND: NEUROTIN 100 MG CAPSULES

GIVE 3 CAPSULES

100

LASIX (FUROSEMIDE)

DIURETIC

100

6 RIGHTS OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION

RIGHT RESIDENT

RIGHT DRUG

RIGHT DOSE

RIGHT ROUTE

RIGHT TIME

RIGHT DOCUMENTATION

100

HOW LONG YOU SHOULD APPLY PRESSURE TO THE INNER CANTHUS AFTER ADMINISTERING EYE DROPS.

ONE MINUTE

200

PO

BY MOUTH?

200
ORDER: ACETAMINOPHEN 650 MG PO BID FOR PAIN

ON HAND: ACETAMINOPHEN 325 MG TABLETS

2 TABLETS

200

ALPRAZOLAM (XANAX)

ANTI-ANXIETY (BENZODIAZAPINE)

200

HOW YOU IDENTIFY YOUR VETERAN FOR MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION.

PICTURE IN EMAR

THIRD PARTY IDENTIFIES VETERAN

ID BAND

MAY HAVE VETERAN TELL YOU THEIR NAME IN ADDITION TO ONE OF THE ABOVE IDENTIFIERS.

200
THIS MEANS TO INJECT INTO THE TISSUES JUST BELOW THE SKIN IN THE DERMIS.

SUBCUTANEOUS

300

SL

SUBLINGUAL?

300

ORDER: PROMETHAZINE 12.5 MG PO AC AND HS

ON HAND: PROMETHAZINE 6.25 MG/5 ML

10 ML

300

LOPRESSOR (METOPROLOL)

BETA BLOCKER (ANTIHYPERTENSIVE)

300

WHEN YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DOCUMENT MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADMINISTRATION.

300

EXAMPLES INCLUDE OXYCODONE(PERCOCET), CODEINE, RITALIN (METHYLPHENIDATE), AND DEMEROL (MEPERIDINE).

SCHEDULE II NARCOTICS

400

IM

INTRAMUSCULAR?

400

ORDER: FUROSEMIDE 40 MG PO BID

ON HAND: FUROSEMIDE 10MG/ML

4 ML

400

PLAVIX (CLOPIDOGREL)

PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITOR (ANTI-COAGULENT ACTION)

400

GIVE THIS TYPE OF INHALER PRIOR TO ADMINISTERING A STERIOD INHALER.

BRONCHODILATOR

400

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN ON THE CNA REGISTRY FOR THIS AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE PERMITTED TO TAKE THE CMT COURSE.

SIX MONTHS

500

TID

THREE TIMES A DAY?

500

ORDER: CEFACLOR 100MG PO Q8H

ON HAND: CEFACLOR 125MG/5ML

4 ML

500
K-DUR (POTASSIUM)

ELECTROLYTE

500

WHAT YOU DO BEFORE ADMINISTERING ANY MEDICATION AND BETWEEN VETERANS.

HAND HYGIENE.

500

A MISSOURI STATE REGULATION RELATED TO DRUG ADMINISTRATION.

MISSOURI NURSING HOME LICENSURE LAW AND REGULATIONS

MISSOURI PHARMACY ACT

MISSOURI NURSE PRACTICE ACT

MISSOURI CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT