PARENTERALS
INJECT ME WHERE?
PHARMACOLOGY ABBREVIATIONS
JUST TAKE IT!
WHOOPSIE! BE CAREFUL
100
Flushing and getting blood return
What is checking for patency?
100
Biggest muscle in the lower body used for IM injections
What is vastus lateralis?
100
K+
What is potassium?
100
By mouth abbreviation
What is PO?
100
1st step in the Med Admin process
What is check the patient's identification band against the EHR?
200
What is phlebitis?
200
The preferred site for IM all injections.
What is ventrogluteal.
200
AD
What is right ear?
200
Levothyroxine (Synthroid) is taken at this time of the day with these instructions
What is in the morning and on an empty stomach?
200
The patient was NPO. Now the patient needs to swallow a pill. This is the nurse's next step.
What is "check the patient's swallow reflex?"
300
The locking end of a syringe
What is a luer lock?
300
An IM injection site to be avoided
What is dorsogluteal?
300
D51/2NS
What is 5% dextrose and half normal saline solution (0.45% NaCl)?
300
Where insulin is absorbed the best
What is subcutaneous fat, 2 fingerbreadths from the umbilicus?
300
Alcohol embedded "cap"
What is the Curos cap?
400
Order: Amoxicillin 75 mg PO in suspension BID
From pharmacy: Amoxicillin 150 mg/4 mL
What is 2 mL?
400
The maximum volume of medication that can be injected into the deltoid muscle.
What is 1 mL?
400
When medicating a child, usually a the child's weight in _________ is used.
What is kilograms?
400
The process of taking a powdered medication and adding fluid
What is reconstitution?
400
An expected time frame for patient anaphylaxis to medication or blood
What is the first 15-30 minutes?
500
Used as a form of nutrition, created for the individual patient, no 2 formulas are the same
What is TPN (total parenteral nutrition)?
500
An intradermal injection leaves this behind for a PPD
What is a wheal?
500
ACHS
What is "before meals" and "at bedtime"?
500
Like a squirrel, the patient is storing away a medicine in an effort NOT to take it
What is "pocketing"?
500
What is Telephone Order Read Back?
600
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DAILY DOUBLE
600
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DAILY DOUBLE