Pharmocology Midterm 1

Front 1

Drug orders from physicians should ALWAYS include?

Back 1

Dosage, route, frequency

Front 2

What is a Stop Order Form?

Back 2

A form the pharmacy automates to prevent unintentional continuation of a drug.

Front 3

What is the Pyxis system?

Back 3

Locked fingerprint system to acquire narcotics

Front 4

What are the 10 Rights of medication administration?

Back 4

Reason, education, documentation, drug, evaluation, route, client, dose, refuse, time.

Front 5

How do you confirm client identification?

Back 5

Check ID bracelet

Front 6

What are the 3 checks you must do before administration?

Back 6

1: selecting medication

2: before pouring

3: before administering

Front 7

Enteral route means?

Back 7

Via the GI tract

Front 8

Parenteral route is?

Back 8

via injection

Front 9

When should you document after administering medication?

Back 9

Immediately afterwards

Front 10

Generic drug name is?

Back 10

The non-propreitary name

Example: acetaminophen

Front 11

A trade drug name is?

Back 11

The proprietary name

Example- tylenol

Front 12

Buccal, sublingual, and trans lingual, medication should not be?

Back 12

Swallowed

Front 13

What method of administration is put into the shallow dermis of the skin, and what is its main purpose?

Back 13

Intradermal

Used for allergy testing

Front 14

What does IM stand for and what is its main purpose?

Back 14

Intramuscular

To deliver opiods

Front 15

What administration method goes directly into the vein, and what medication is mainly given with it?

Back 15

Intravenous

Antibiotics, and analgesics

Front 16

What is an analgesic?

Back 16

Painkiller

Front 17

What is the first pass effect?

Back 17

When the liver metabolizes the drug before it can enter circulation

Front 18

Lipid soluble drugs can pass what barrier?

Back 18

Blood-brain

Front 19

Drug onset:

Back 19

Time from administration to therapeutic action

Front 20

Peak:

Back 20

Absorption rate = elimination rate

Front 21

A drug that acts on a variety of receptors is called a?

Back 21

Nonselective drug

example- broad spectrum

Front 22

Therapeutic index:

Back 22

Relationship between therapeutic and adverse effects

Front 23

When 2 drugs are given at the same time, and one drug enhances the effects of the other, this is called?

Back 23

The synergistic effect

Front 24

Adverse drug reactions:

Back 24

Injury caused by the medication

Front 25

Iatrogenic:

Back 25

Causes damage by giving treatment

Front 26

What do antacids do?

Back 26

Neutralize stomach acid

Front 27

What patients should you avoid when giving antacids?

Back 27

Patients with renal disease

-calcium causes further kidney damage

Front 28

H2 Receptor antagonists do what?

Back 28

Block histamine receptors

Front 29

Gastric acid secretion inhibition is accomplished by giving what class of anti ulcer drug?

Back 29

Proton pump inhibitors

Front 30

Proton pump inhibitors can cause?

Back 30

C Diff & pneumonia

Front 31

Antiemetic drug is used to?

Back 31

Treat nausea and vomiting

Front 32

A sever side effect of antiemetic drugs are?

Back 32

Drowiness

Front 33

Antitussives are used to?

Back 33

Stop dry cough

Front 34

Antitussives have a huge risk factor when given which is?

Back 34

Overdose due to opiods

Front 35

Decongestants:

Back 35

Relieve congestion in nasal passage

Front 36

The class of respiratory drug that has a potential to rapidly become habit forming drug is?

Back 36

Decongestants

Front 37

What do expectorants do?

Back 37

Helps patient expel mucus

Front 38

What is the function of an expectorant?

Back 38

To decrease the thickness of sputum

Front 39

Function of mucolytic

Back 39

To think thick mucus

Front 40

Antihistamines have a _________ side effect.

Back 40

Sedating

Front 41

Would you use a bronchodilator, or a corticosteroid first?

Back 41

Bronchodilator

Front 42

Function of corticosteroid

Back 42

-decrease airways edema-stops inflammatory response

airways edema-stops inflammatory response

Front 43

Oral yeast infections can occur from taking ___________

Back 43

Corticosteroids

Front 44

Status asthmaticus:

Back 44

An asthma attack that doesn't respond to medications!

Front 45

function of bronchodilators

Back 45

To treat constriction of bronchioles in acute asthma

Front 46

You should be careful using bronchiodialators in patients with?

Back 46

Cardiovascular disease and hypertension

Front 47

What do anticholinergics do?

Back 47

Block ACh receptors, preventing ACh from binding

Front 48

What does acetylcholine do to the airways?

Back 48

Causes bronchioconstriction

Front 49

The best combination therapy to use in patients with asthma to prevent flare-ups is?

Back 49

Anticholinergics

Front 50

Anti-Leukotrienes do what?

Back 50

Prevent leukotrienes from attaching to receptors

Front 51

Leukotriene:

Back 51

A substance released when a trigger(allergy) starts a series of reactions

Front 52

Leukotrienes cause ?

Back 52

-inflammation

- mucus production

- bronchioconstriction

Front 53

1 kg= ____ pounds?

Back 53

2.2

Front 54

1 ounce = ______ mls

Back 54

30

Front 55

1 cup= _____ mls

Back 55

250

Front 56

1kg= _____ mls

Back 56

1000