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Medication
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substance administered for the diagnosis, cure, treatment or relief of a symtom or for prevention of disease
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Drug
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same as medication- but also refers to illicitly obtained substance
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Prescription
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written direction for the preparation and administration of a drug
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Trade (brand) name
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given by the drug manufacture and identifies it as property of that company
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Generic Name
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name used by the drug's lifetime
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Official Name
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name which drug is listed in official publications
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Chemical name
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name by which a chemist knows it
describes the cinstituents of the drug precisely |
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Pharmacology
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study of the effect of drugs on living organisms
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Pharmacy
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prepares, makes, and dispenses drugs as ordered
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5 Legal Aspects of Administering Medications
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nursing practice acts,
recognize limits of own knowledge and skill, responsibilty for actions, question any order that appears unreasonable, refuse to give the medication until the order is clarified |
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5 part of Controlled Substances Administration
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kept under lock,
special inventory forms, documentation requirements, counts of controlled substances, procedures for discarding |
