WRITTEN DIRECTIONS FOR A SPECIFIC MEDICATION OR PROCEDURE, SIGNED BY A PHYSICIAN, AND USED ONLY UNDER THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS STATED.
What is A STANDING ORDER
100
SUBSTANCES THAT ARE PRESCRIBED FOR TREATMENT AND THAT PRODUCE THERAPEUTICALLY USEFUL EFFECTS
What is MEDICATIONS
100
THIS TERM DENOTES SUBSTANVES USED IN DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, OR PREVENTION OF DISEASE OR A COMPONENT OF A MEDICATION.
What is DRUGS
100
IDENTIFIES THE SPECIFIC COMPOSITION OF A MEDICATION
What is GENERIC NAME
100
SETS STANDARDS FOR CONTROL OF DRUGS
What is FDA
200
THE MOST COMMON ROUTES FOR MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
What ARE ORAL, TOPICAL, AND PARENTERAL
200
MEDICATIONS PLACED INSIDE THE CHEEK
What is BUCCAL
200
THIS ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION MAY BE USED FOR A LOCAL OR SYSTEMIC EFFECT.
What is TOPICAL
200
THE TERM USED FOR ANY ADMINISTRATION THAT INVOLVES INJECTING A MEDICATION DIRECTLY INTO THE BODY
What is PARENTERAL
200
DRUGS USED TO TREAT MILD TO MODERATE ALLERGIC REACTIONS
What are ANTIHISTAMINES
300
CLASSIFIED AS ANTIMICROBIALS, THESE MEDICATIONS ARE GIVEN TO TREAT WOUND INFECTIONS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
What are ANTIBIOTICS
300
DISINFECTANTS SUCH AS ALCOHOL AND POVIDONE-IODINE ARE IN THIS CATEGORY OF MEDICATIONS
What are ANTIMICROBIALS
300
DEFINED AS DRUGS THAT CAN RELIEVE PAIN WITHOUT CAUSING LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
What are ANALGESICS
300
ASPIRIN, IBUPROFEN AND NAPROXEN SODIUM ARE ANALGESICS CATEGORIZED AS....
What is NSAIDs (NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS)
300
INFILTRATION INTO SURROUNDING TISSUES
What is EXTRAVASATION
400
DRUGS THAT COUNTERACT THE EFFECTS OF OTHER DRUGS
What are ANTAGONISTS
400
THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE DRUG ENTERS THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION TO PROVIDE A DESIRED EFFECT
What is ABSORPTION
400
THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE BODY TRANSFORMS DRUGS INTO AN INACTIVE FORM THAT CAN ELIMINATED FROM THE BODY.
What is METABOLISM
400
THE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON THE NORMAL PHYSIOLOGIC FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY
What is PHARMACODYNAMICS
400
THE EFFECT OF A DRUG ON SPECIFIC CELLS IS CALLED THE
What is THERAPEUTIC ACTION
500
THESE EFFECTS ARE POISONOUS CONSEQUENCES THAT DEVELOP WHEN A DRUG ACCUMULATES IN THE BODY BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE EXCRETION, IMPAIRED METABOLISM, OVERDOSE, OR SINSITIVITY TO THE DRUG.
What is TOXIC EFFECTS
500
WHEN DRUGS TAKEN TOGETHER HAVE A ___________EFFECT THAT MAY GO FAR BEYOND THE DESIRED OUTCOME.
What is SYNERGISTIC
500
THE HEIGHT OF THE INFUSION BOTTLE OR BAG SHOULD ALWAYS BE __TO___ INCHES ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE VEIN.
What is 18-20 INCHES
500
AN 18 GAUGE NEEDLE IS _________ THAN A 22 GAUGE NEEDLE. *GAUGE DOES NOT REFER TO LENGTH.
What is LARGER
500
HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE BODY'S GENERAL CONDITION AND MAY ALTER THE EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS