Pain Management
Adverse effects of naloxone.
Ventricular fibrillation, severe pain, hypertension, opiate withdrawal syndrome.
Antidote for warfarin.
What is vitamin K?
Contraindication to taking bethanechol.
What is obstruction?
Safety measures to teach patients taking antihypertensive meds.
What is sit for 1-2 minutes prior to standing, take blood pressure and pulse regularly, do not stop taking suddenly, and take daily even if feeling well?
Definition of a medication's trough level.
What is the lowest plasma concentration of the medication?
Adverse effects of morphine.
Antidote for heparin.
What is protamine sulfate?
Indications for doxazosin.
What is BPH and hypertension?
Adverse effects of digoxin.
What is nausea/vomiting, hypotension, bradycardia, visual changes, headache, confusion, fatigue?
Swelling of the lips, mouth, and eyelids that occurs as a result of a medication.
Main organ system affected by acetaminophen use.
What is the liver?
Medications like heparin and enoxaparin are often given for this.
What is DVT prophylaxis?
Actions of donepezil.
What are: inhibits acetylcholine breakdown, slows neural destruction, increases the amount of acetylcholine available, inhibits the action of acetylcholinesterase
Reasons for giving metoprolol to a patient having an acute MI.
What is decreasing myocardial oxygen demand, increases survival rates, decreases contractility?
A trough level on a medication should be drawn at this point in medication administration.
What is approximately 30 minutes before the next dose?
NSAIDs like ibuprofen and ketorolac require monitoring of this body system.
What is renal?
Women of childbearing age should avoid this while taking warfarin.
What is pregnancy?
The main adrenergic medication used in cases of cardiac arrest.
What is epinephrine?
Patients taking furosemide are at increased risk of this electrolyte imbalance, which can increase the risk of digoxin toxicity.
What is hypokalemia?
The four phases of pharmacokinetics.
What is absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination?
NSAIDs like ketorolac have a black box warning for this.
What is MI and stroke?
Actions of alteplase (tPA).
What is clot busting--breakdown of thrombi, prevention of tissue necrosis, prevention of thrombosis.
Antihypertensive medications that can mask signs of hypoglycemia.
What are metoprolol, carvedilol, and losartan?
Actions of calcium channel blockers.
What is relaxation of blood vessels, increased oxygen supply to the heart, reduced cardiac workload, decreased blood pressure, and decreased heart rate?
A client with low serum albumin is at risk of this..
What is increased drug toxicity?