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What are viral antibiotics used for/
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They work in different ways to intervene in the viral attachment to the host cell, inhibiting cellular receptor or factor required for replication or blocking enzymes essential fro viral replication.
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What are some viral antibiotics?
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-Zovirax
-Vltrex -Symmetrel -Flumadine -Retrovir |
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What is the nursing care for Antiviral antibiotics?
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-severe headache, nausea,insomnia,and myalgia
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What are antifungal antibiotics used for?
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Yeast infection or other fungal diseases
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Name some antifungal antibiotics
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-Amphotericin B
-Ketoconazole(Nizoral) -Flucanazole(Diflucan) -Intraconazole |
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What are the side effects for anti-fungal antibiotics?
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-May have significant interactions
-Hepatotoxicity -Allergic or hypersensitivity |
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What is Infection control
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washing hands, gloves, linens in bags, sharps disposed of properly
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When are air precausions used?
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Chicken Pox, measels,
*private room *air flow system *masks or repirators |
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When are Droplet precausions used?
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Pnemonia, Rubella,mumps, MRSA
*private room *mask *wash hands |
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When are contact precausions used?
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-major wound infections
-shingles -private room, gowns, hand washing |
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What is the basic unit of volume?
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minim
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Pint=how many cups
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2 cups
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Avitaminosis is .. . . . .
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a condition that results from a deficiency or lack of absorption of vitamins in the diet: also called hypovitaminosis
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Inorganic vs. organic compounds
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Organic copounds contain carbon
*vitamins=organic *minerals=inorganic |
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Macrominerals vs.microminerals
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MACRO-those with an RDA of 100mg or more
MICRO-RDA of less than 100mg |
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What type of vitamin is easily eliminated from the body?
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water soluble
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What are the charcteristics of water soluable vitamins?
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B complex adn C
*body does not store *widly found in plants and animals *some can be destroyed by cooking *readily eliminated in urine and sweat |
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Abbreviations for the apothecary unit of measurement?
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Roman numerals
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ss
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1/2
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1
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V
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5
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X
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10
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Enteric coated tablets
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special coating for a not disolving in the stomach.Prevents stomach irritation.
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Delayed release tabs
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*contains several doses of a drug
*disolves slowly to release medicine gradually * |
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Automatic stop order
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They force a parient to reevaluate a patient's medication schedule and either continue current medication or change them based on the patient's condition
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