medical terminology
suffix meaning inflamation
What is -itis?
A common antihistamine the may cause drowsiness.
What is Benadryl?
Order: Aspirin 650mg PO STAT
Supply: Aspirin 325mg tablets
Administer 2 tablets
The 6 rights to medication administration.
Right Patient
Right Medication
Right dose
Right time
Right route
Right documentation
The distance in the sterile field considered to be non-sterile.
What is 2 inches from the edge of a sterile field?
to listen to body sounds
What is Auscultation?
The classification of medication for Coumadin.
What is an anticoagulant?
Order: Procardia 20mg PO BID
Suply: Procardia 10mg Capsules
Administer 2 Capsules
First thing you do before passing a mediation.
What is hand Hygiene?
Where should you take off your PPE when in an isolation room?
Before leaving a patient's room.
The action of drawing fluid by suction from a vessel or cavity.
What is aspiration?
An antidote for an opioid overdose.
What is Narcan?
Order: Ampicillin suspension 500mg PO Q8H
Supply: Liquid bottle labled 250mg / 10mL
Administer 20mL
Each medication should be crushed and separated into individual medication cups for administration then administered by gravity.
How do you give G-Tube medications?
The time it takes to complete hand hygiene.
What is 20 seconds?
Prefix meaning without.
What is A- or An- ?
Calcium channel blockers, ace inhibitors, and Beta blockers.
What are antihypertensives?
Order: Demerol Syrup 25mg PO Q4H
Supply: Liquid labeled 50mg / 10mL
Administer 5mL
This should be checked when administering or introducing new medications to a patient.
What are Allergies.
This is known to kill and sanitize C-Diff on multi-surfaces.
What is cleansing with 1 part bleach to 9 parts water and letting stand for 3 minutes.
The enlargement of the heart.
What is cardiomegaly?
This form of diuretic is not sparing.
What is Lasix?
Order: Dilantin suspension 75mg PO TID
Supply: Bottled liquid labeled 25mg / 10mL
Administer 30mL
The severe side effects that come with taking a medication that a nurses must monitor after administration.
What are Adverse reactions?
A common method of infection control used to isolate patients with contagious, airborne diseases such as measles, tuberculosis, SARS, MERS, and COVID-19.
What are Negative Pressure Rooms?