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Right Drug
Right Dosage
Right Client/Patient
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Factors influencing Drug Administration |
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Route Time Absorption & secretion of drug Nutritional status of client Age of client Ethnicity & culture of pt. Health Sex of client Genetics |
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are theraputic measures aimed at helping clients ;however, when administered without thought they can have harmful effects |
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Medication administration record |
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Computerized record containing the actual order |
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MAR/ Medication Administartion record
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group of the population which the majority of medications (55%) errors effect |
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Application of medication to the external surface of the skin |
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Type of cup used to dispense solid forms of medication for ex: tablets, caplets, or capsules
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| what considerations should be taken whe administering medication to children and elderly? |
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Number of times a medication label should be read.. |
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Someone who is being an atonomous thinker is an example of __________ |
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| 3 types of measurement found on the measuring cup: |
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| Metric, household and apothocary |
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Potassium Chloride insulin Morphine Heparin |
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Type of syring used to administer oral medications by mouth |
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These are medications given by mouth ..ex: (capsules, tablets, caplets, tablets, liquid solutions, etc.)
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| Types of tablets placed in the mucous membranes of the cheek in the mouth |
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These type sof medications are placed under the tongue and designed to be readily absorbed into the bloodstream...example: Nitroglycerin |
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| Medication administration is a process that requires critical thinking & the nursing process, which includes: |
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Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation &
teaching
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Ways to identify patient before administering medications; |
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Check ID bracelet Ask Name Patient ID number Date of birth |
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| Stastistics re: medcation errors |
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| an estimated 1 death a day and 1.3 million injured annually in America |
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| When medications should be checked |
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Before preparing, after preparing, before replacing container |
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| always place a leading ________ before the decimal to prevent medication errors |
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| United States Pharmacopeia |
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| 2 Tablespoons are = _________ |
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Cup dram gram grain drop international unit kilogram Liter |
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ounce pint quart tablespoon teaspoon |
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As desired, freely at willl |
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Proper name or chemical compound
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Brand name or name under which the manufacturer markets the drug
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| Area where the heart and great vessels are located between the lungs in the middle third of the thorasic cage |
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| Pulmonary Circulation and Systematic circulation |
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| Between the 2nd and 5th intercostal space |
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upside down triangle the top is the base and the bottom is the apex |
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there are four chambers: right and left atrium and right and left ventricles |
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| Superior and inferior Vena Cava |
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| return unoxygenated venous blood to the right side of the heart |
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Superior Vena Cava Inferior Vena Cava pulmonary Atery Pulmonary Veins |
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Flows from the right ventricle and bifurcates Blood is carried to the lungs |
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return freshly oxygenated blood to the left side of the heart Aorta: carries blood to the body ascends from the left ventricle and descends behind the heart |
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| Tough fibrous, double walled sac which protects the heart |
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| Muscle wall performs pumping |
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thin inner layer which is composed of endothelial tissue and lines the surface of the heart |
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