Pharm Terminology
Adverse Effects
Things to monitor
Routes of Administration
Drug Classifications
Mechanism of Action
Patient Education
Random
100

This is an unpredictable and unexplained drug reaction.

What is idiosyncratic reaction?

100

Aspirin

What are Bleeding risk, GI bleed, Reye's syndrome in children?

100

Labs: Loop Diuretics

What is potassium?

100

Administration involves placing a drug between your gums and cheek, where it also dissolves and is absorbed into your blood.

What is buccal?

100

Furosemide (Lasix)

What is a loop diuretic 

100

What is the action of bactericidal drugs?

What is kill bacteria?

100

Your patient c/o bitter taste after using ipratropium (Atrovent)

You should rinse your mouth out after using your inhaler.

100

 Rest and digest part of the nervous system

What is the parasympathic nervous system?

200

Refers to the relative ability of a drug-receptor complex to produce a maximum functional response.

What is efficacy?

200

Morphine (top nursing priority)

What is Respiratory depression? 

200

Assess after albuterol

What are lung sounds?

200

Onset between 30 min to 1 hour, subject to first pass effect

What is PO/oral route?

200

Ondansetron (Zofran)

What is a serotonin antagonist?

200

Compliance with Phenytoin (Dilantin)

What is do not stop this medication abruptly, withdrawal seizures may occur if not titrated?

200

This is the safest class of antibiotics

What are penicillins?

300

What are agents that cause malformation of an embryo?

What are Teratogenic drug? (Tetracycline)

300

IV Gentamycin

What is Ototoxicity?

300

After administering Furosemide assess for:

What is urine output?

300

100% bioavailability, rapid onset can lead to severe adverse effects

What is Intravenous?

300
Acyclovir (Zovirax)

What is an Antiviral?

300

Atorvastatin (Lipitor)

What is inhibit enzymes essential for cholestorol synthesis?

300

Your patient who is taking famotidine (Pepcid) needs medication for a headache what should they take.

NSAIDs are not recommend for patients with GI ulcers, it is safe to take acetaminophen.

300

What tool is used to identify the correct antibiotic for a patient?

What is a blood culture and sensitivity?

400

Which drug class works by producing actions that are the opposit of sympathomimetics?

What are adrenergic antagonists?

400

rifampin

What are red-orange body fluids?

400

Prior to giving newly prescribed Enalapril

What is assess blood pressure?

400

Medications that work quickly because they go directly into pulmonary circulation.

What are inhaled medications?
400

Omeprazole (Prilosec)

What is a Proton-pump inhibitor? 

400

Ketoconazole (Nizoral)

What is disrupts synthesis of ergosterol? 

400

Should I take my propranolol before my inhaler?

Propranolol is a beta-blocker and can cause bronchospasm, please notify your PCP ASAP about your Asthma.

400

Bronchoconstriction in the airways is stimulated by

What is the parasympathic nervous system?

500

What are the ten rights of medication administration?

What are patient, medication, dose, time, route, documentation, pt education, right to refuse, assessment, and evaluation?

500

In the geriatric populations NSAIDs cause

What are GI bleeding and Kidney Injury?

500

What s/s should you look for in a patient taking multiple antibiotics?

What are s/s of c- diff, thrush, and yeast infections?

500

Minimal systemic adverse effects, injected into the subarachnoid space.

What is intrathecal?

500

Naloxone (Narcan)

What is an opiate antagonist?

500

Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide)

What is decreases sodium reabsorption and decreases fluid in the blood stream therefore decrease blood pressure?

500

Your patient wants to stop taking their antibiotics once they start feeling better.

If you stop early you may not have killed the bacteria completely. The bacteria may develop antibotic resistance.

500

These are s/s of digoxin toxcity.

What are nausea, dizziness, vision changes, confusion? (Check VS)