Laws and Ethics
Administering Medications
Mathematics
Terminology/ Abbreviations
Routes of Administration
100
This drug has a high potential for abuse and is not accepted for use in the United States.
What is Schedule I drug?
100
The right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, the right time, the right technique, and the right doccumentation.
What is the seven rights of drug administration?
100
Roman numberal VII.
What is 7 (5+1+1)?
100
The most severe warning from the FDA pertaining to a drug.
What is black box warning?
100
Medication is applied directly to the skin.
What is topical route?
200
The FDA.
What is the Food and Drug Administration?
200
Inserted by the way of the pharynx and placed into the patients stomach for feeding the patient, administering medications, or removing gastric secretions.
What is nasogastric tube (NG)?
200
Improper fraction 5/5.
What is 1?
200
IV
What is intravenous?
200
Medication is administered through the mouth.
What is enteral route?
300
Effective in 1970, this law was passed to improve the administration and regulation of the manufacturing, distributing, and dispensing of controlled substances.
What is the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (CSA)?
300
Medications administered by this route are held under the tongue until completely dissolved.
What is sublingual route?
300
8/12 - 7/12
What is 1/12?
300
gtt
What is drops?
300
Medication is inserted via a 90 degree angle, and up to 3 mL of medication can be injected.
What is intramuscular route?
400
An example would be peyote, heroin, LSD, and marijuana.
What is Schedule 1 drug?
400
The three parts: shaft, barrel, and plunger
What is a syringe?
400
1/4 + 2/4
What is 3/4?
400
Pt.
What is patient?
400
The administration of insulin in diabetics, using a 45 degree angle.
What is subcutaneous?
500
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
What is HIPAA?
500
Three types of injections administered via the parenteral route.
What is intradermal (ID), subcutaneous (SC), and intramuscular (IM)?
500
5/3: 5 is this, and 3 is this.
What is numerator and denominator?
500
PRN
What is as needed?
500
The needle shaft's diameter.
What is gauge?