Week 1
What are the 9 rights of medication administration?
Right Drug, Right Dose, Right Time, Right Route and Form, Right Patient, Right Documentation, Right Reason or Indication, Right Response, Right to Refuse
The classification of a Drug that "Wakes you up" is...
What is a Stimulant
Alpha-Adrenergics agonists help with what?
What is smooth muscle contractions.
Donepezil is used to treat what disease?
Alzeheimer's
A brief episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain's nerve cells is called what?
A seizure
What is the lowest blood level of a drug called?
The trough level
What does GABA Stand for?
What is Gamma-Aminobutyric-Acid
Beta-Blockers end in what?
-lol
A drug that stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) is called what?
A Cholinergic drug
Drugs that are used in the treatment of emotional and mental disorders are called what?
Psychotherapeutic Drugs
What are the steps to the nursing process in order?
Assessment; Nursing Diagnosis; Planning; Implementation; Evaluation
High-dose barbiturates have what effect?
What is Hypnotic effects?
What is used to support the heart during a cardiac failure or shock?
Vasoactive-adrenergic
Atropine is what type of cholinergic drug?
A cholinergic-blocking drug
Gabapentin is used to treat what?
The study of what the drug does to the body and how they do it is called?
Pharmacodynamics
What is the most common drug prescribed for ADHD?
What is amphetamine sulfate.
Phenylephrine helps with what?
Raising blood pressure
What treats a severe cardiovascular reaction or bronchoconstriction?
Epinephrine
Antiepileptic drugs are also called what?
Anticonvulsants
Which phase of the nursing process includes goals and outcome criteria?
The planning phase
Zolpidem is classified as what type of hypnotic?
Short-acting non-benzodiazepine hypnotic.
Dopamine delivered at low doses dilates what?
Blood vessels in the heart, brain, kidneys, and mesentery.
What does SLUDGE stand for?
Salivation, Lacrimation, Urinary-incontinence, Diarrhea, GI cramps, and Emesis
What drug crosses the blood-brain barrier and turns into dopamine?
Levopdopa