It's 9:00am, do you know where your medications are?
MAR stands for?
What is Medication Administration Record
Route that has a slower onset of action
What is the oral route?
The delivery of medication from the site of administration to various organs in the body.
What is distribution?
3 times.
What how many times a medication is checked prior to administration?
The 6 rights of medication administration.
What is:
Right drug
Right dose
Right time
Right route
Right patient
Right documentation
Is used on the skin ONLY for medication intended for systemic absorption.
What is Transdermal Patches?
What you should always do prior to handling any medications?
What is hand hygiene?
The deactivation of drugs in the body.
What is metabolism?
Preventing systemic reaction from an eye drop.
Any unpredictable, unwanted medication reaction that is also reported to FDA
What is an adverse reaction
What directions would you give a parent when educating how to instill ear drops for their 3 year old.
Pull lower ear lobe down and backward prior to instillation.
This is one way to prevent aspiration when administering P.O. medications
What is place patient upright at 90 degrees?
The movement of a drug from the site of administration into the bloodstream.
What is absorption?
A MDI (metered dose inhaler)
What is a type of inhaled medication?
The lowest level of concentration that is normally drawn just before the next dose of medication
What is trough?
What are vaginal or rectal suppositories?
A medication placed under the tongue.
What is sublingual?
The ultimate removal of drug molecules from their sites of action and and elimination from the body.
What is excretion?
Patient's full name, date/time, name of medication, dosage, frequency, route and signature of provider.
What are essential parts of a medication order?
How many times should you check the medication you are administering against the MAR.
What is 3 times?
Often used with a spacer to enhance absorption.
What are inhalants?
Impaired swallowing, unconscious patient, nausea/vomiting, NPO
What are contraindications for giving P.O. medications?
Main organ for where drugs are metabolized.
What it the Liver?
Measured with serum laboratory tests in order to adjust doses of certain medications.
What is peak and trough?
Besides using 2 identifiers what do you ask the patient before administering a new medication
What is do you have any allergies?
Injection into a vein
What is intravenous
Crush tablets (if not contraindicated), see if medication is in a liquid form.
What is if a patient has difficulty taking P.O. (oral) medications?
Primary organ for excretion of medications.
What are the kidneys?
Patient name and Date of birth (DOB).
What are two acceptable patient identifiers?
A drug specifically administered for its
therapeutic effect on physiologic
function.
What is a medication?
Injection into a muscle at a 90 degree angle
What is intramuscular injection? Or IM?
Most convenient, cost effective and easiest to administer?
What are oral or P.O. medications?
Unpredictable immune response
What is allergic reaction?
PRN
What is given as needed?
The official name of a drug
What is the generic name?
ID, SQ, IM or IV
What are parenteral routes?
What is the biggest risk associated with oral administration of medications?
What is aspiration?
A severe and emergent reaction.
What is an anaphylactic reaction?
To be given once and immediately
What is stat?