Chapters 1 & 2

Recognizes __________________ (allergic and anaphylactic) and side effects to medications

Monitors ___________________ and recovers patients

Monitors ____________________ patients’ response to medications

____________________ medications as prescribed

_____________ medications to clients, ___________________ how to administer, ______________ their questions

_______________________ why patients are on certain medications

Fill drug _____________ and correctly write drug ___________

Properly _______________ administered medication

Correctly _________________ drug doses

All drugs are potentially ________________.

Drug safety may depend on its ____________ of administration.

Many medications are ____________-specific.

Be cautious of getting too __________________ with medications.

The published ___________________ does not always produce a safe dose.

When you begin to administer the same medications routinely, inappropriate dose calculations should “feel wrong”.

GENERIC NAME

Also called the ____________________ name

Written in ___________ case

Official identifying name of the drug

Describes the active drug(s) in the product

Easier to pronounce than the chemical name

diphenhydramine hydrochloride

CHEMICAL NAME

Describes the chemical structure of the drug (structure is sometimes seen on package inserts)

Long, wordy, hard to say

Rarely used when describing medications

2(Diphenylmethoxy)-N,N-dimethylethylamine hydrochloride

_______________= determination of the amount of drug to be given. Requires calculation.

15 mg/kg, 10 g/lb

_______________= amount of drug administered to a patient at one time. Stated in units of mass (mg, g, gr, etc. ), NOT tablets or milliliters.

50 mg

_______________ – powdered drug compressed into disk Molded: chewable, mixed with a sugar and flavored Enteric-coated: have coating that protects the drug against the acidity of the stomach;

allows it to remain intact until the small intestines.

_______________– powdered drug compressed into capsule-shaped tablet

___________(aka CAPSULE)- container made of gelatin that house a powder or liquid.

______________ (aka lozenge) – powdered drug in a hard, candy-like tablet that is kept in the mouth and slowly dissolved

____________________– medication placed in the rectum where it is dissolved and absorbed

_______________- large rectangular tablets given to large animals with a balling gun

________________- drug is completely dissolved in a liquid and does not settle out or precipitate when left standing

Syrup: drug is dissolved in sugar water Elixir: drug is dissolved in alcohol and flavored

________________- drug that does not dissolve within liquid, but settles at the bottom of a container. Needs to be shaken to evenly resuspend.

Emulsion: drug is mixed with a liquid fat or an oil

______________- semisolid that keeps its form at body temperature