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Chapters 1 & 2
Recognizes __________________ (allergic and anaphylactic) and side effects to medications
Monitors ___________________ and recovers patients
Monitors ____________________ patients’ response to medications
____________________ medications as prescribed
_____________ medications to clients, ___________________ how to administer, ______________ their questions
_______________________ why patients are on certain medications
Fill drug _____________ and correctly write drug ___________
Properly _______________ administered medication
Correctly _________________ drug doses
All drugs are potentially ________________.
Drug safety may depend on its ____________ of administration.
Many medications are ____________-specific.
Be cautious of getting too __________________ with medications.
The published ___________________ does not always produce a safe dose.
When you begin to administer the same medications routinely, inappropriate dose calculations should “feel wrong”.
GENERIC NAME
Also called the ____________________ name
Written in ___________ case
Official identifying name of the drug
Describes the active drug(s) in the product
Easier to pronounce than the chemical name
diphenhydramine hydrochloride
CHEMICAL NAME
Describes the chemical structure of the drug (structure is sometimes seen on package inserts)
Long, wordy, hard to say
Rarely used when describing medications
2(Diphenylmethoxy)-N,N-dimethylethylamine hydrochloride
_______________= determination of the amount of drug to be given. Requires calculation.
15 mg/kg, 10 g/lb
_______________= amount of drug administered to a patient at one time. Stated in units of mass (mg, g, gr, etc. ), NOT tablets or milliliters.
50 mg
_______________ – powdered drug compressed into disk Molded: chewable, mixed with a sugar and flavored Enteric-coated: have coating that protects the drug against the acidity of the stomach;
allows it to remain intact until the small intestines.
_______________– powdered drug compressed into capsule-shaped tablet
___________(aka CAPSULE)- container made of gelatin that house a powder or liquid.
______________ (aka lozenge) – powdered drug in a hard, candy-like tablet that is kept in the mouth and slowly dissolved
____________________– medication placed in the rectum where it is dissolved and absorbed
_______________- large rectangular tablets given to large animals with a balling gun
________________- drug is completely dissolved in a liquid and does not settle out or precipitate when left standing
Syrup: drug is dissolved in sugar water Elixir: drug is dissolved in alcohol and flavored
________________- drug that does not dissolve within liquid, but settles at the bottom of a container. Needs to be shaken to evenly resuspend.
Emulsion: drug is mixed with a liquid fat or an oil
______________- semisolid that keeps its form at body temperature