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| As a clinical medical assistant, what should you be familiar with |
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| terminology, abbreviations, symbols and signs, medications order by the physicaion and procedured necessary to administer them, look up drugs your not familiar with |
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| When should you use gloves |
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| When are the three check preformed for safe medication administration performed |
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| when medication is taken from the shelf, when the medication is prepared, and when its is put back on the shelf |
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| What are the seven rights for correct medication administration |
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| right: patient, tiem, dose, route, drug, technique, documentaion |
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| What is the most common used measurement system when preparing medication |
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| What system of measurement should be advoided at all costs in the office |
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| the household system since its inaccurate |
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| What system is still used by some physicains |
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| Who should you give keys for the the medication cabinet to |
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| only those who are authorized |
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| When should you return medication to the container |
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| never return medication back into the container you poured it from |
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| Should you give medication poured or drawn up by someone else |
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| you should never used med prepared by anyone but yourself |
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| Should you recap bend or break a used needle |
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| you should never recap bend or break a needle |
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| Where shoudl you have a shaprs container |
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| What should you check the patients chart for |
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| to see if they are allergic to anything |
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| What should you check for when preparing to pour or draw up medication |
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| check the strength of the medication and route for administraion |
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| When looking at the medication container what are you looking for |
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| to see if it has expired or not |
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| What are the prefixes of the metric system (give examples) |
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| micro=.00002 milli=.003 centi=.04 deci=.9 kilo=2000 |
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| What is the metic system based on |
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| mulitples of ten, deimals are used; not fractions |
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| What are the three base units of the metric system |
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length = meters (m)
weight = gram (g or gm)
volume = liter (l or L) |
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| How is liquid measured using the apothecary syste, |
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| drop(gt) drops(gtt) minim(min, m) fluid dram(fl dr) fuild ounce(fl oz) pint(pt) quart(qt) gallon(gal) |
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| How is solids measured using the apthecary system |
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| grain(gr) dram(dr) ounce(oz) pound(lb) |
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| What are the three sytems of measurement and which one should be advoided and why |
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Definition
| metric, apothecary, household; the household isnt used since its inaccurate |
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| Before calulatiing doseages, what must be done with the measurements |
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| you must ensure that the measurements are in the same system and the same unit of measurement |
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| What is the most accurerate method to calculate a pediatric doseage |
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| use the body surface area (BSA) using the nomogram |
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| A physician may chose a certain route because of many factors, name some |
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| cost, saftey, speed by which drug will be aborbed by body, and route of aministration |
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| What is the oral route and how is it absorbed |
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| Tablets, capsules, pills, liquids taken by mouth; its absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract |
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| What is the sublingual route and how is it absorbed |
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| placed under the tongue and must not be swallowed; absorbed directly into the blood stream |
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| What is the buccal route and how is it absorbed |
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| placed between the cheek and gum; absorbed though the vascular oral mucosa |
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| What are the disavantages of the oral route |
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| takes effect slowly, can not be used for thouse who are unconscious, for thouse who are nauseated or vomiting, and those who are NPO(nothing by mouth) |
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| What is the parenteral adminsitration route |
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| injections, used if patient cant take meds orally or cant be absorbed through gastronintestinal sytem, more rapid absorbtion of the drug |
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| What are some problems dealing with parenteral aministration route |
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| medication cannot be retrived once injected, possiable for infections to develop |
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| Name the equpiment needed for injections |
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| amples, vials, cartridges, needles, and syringes |
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| small glass containers that break at the neck to aspirate the solution into the syringe and once open all medication must be used |
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| glass or plastic containers sealed with rubber stopper, single dose or multi dose, may hold solution or powder, powders must be reconstitued |
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| prefilled syringes that contain premeasured medication in a dispoisable cartridge with a needle attached |
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| What are conditions to use injections |
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| the type of injection, intramuscular(IM) subcutaneous (SQ or SubQ), or intrademal and the size of the patient (child, adult, ect.) |
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| What is the most common syringe |
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| a 3mL hypodermic syringe is the most common |
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| What kind of syringe is is used for irrigation only |
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| 5 or 10 mL is used for irrigation only and has no needle attached |
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| What dose all syringes consist of |
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Definition
| plunger, body of barrel, flange, and tip |
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| What are some sizes of needles |
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| 3/8 to 1 and 1/2 inch lonmg and the gauges vary from 18 to 30 |
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| When chooseing a need what are you looking for |
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| choose a needle apporpriate to the route to be given |
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| How do vials and ampules differ |
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Definition
| ampules must be broken at the neck to obtain the medications and a vial is a glass or plastic container sealed with a rubber stopper containing power or liquid medication |
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| Name the types of injections |
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| intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, Z-track method |
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| Name some sites for intradermal injections |
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| anterior forearm and the back |
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| Name some sites subcutaneous injections |
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| upper arm, thigh, back, abdomen |
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| Name sites for intramuscular injections |
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Definition
| deltiod, ventrogluteal and vastus lateralis |
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| Name other routes you can adminsiter medication |
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| rectal, vaginal, transdermal, inhalation, and intravenous |
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