Medication Help + Hints

Question 1

Humulin 70/30

Answer 1

Mixed Insulin - 70% N and 30% R
N = Numerator
50 units of 70/30 = 70% of N of 50 units 50 x .7
30% of R of 50 units 50 x .3

Question 2

Drawing in Insulin

Answer 2

Pressurize N, Pressurize R, IMMEDIATELY draw up R draw up N

Question 3

Injections IM and SQ

Answer 3

IM (look for all 1s) 21G, 1 1/2 inch
SQ (S looks like 5, pick 5 in both parts) 25G, 5/8 inch

Question 4

Heparin

Answer 4

IV/SQ
Works asap
cant take for longer than 21 days
PTT
Antidote protamine sulfate
Can give pregnant

Question 5

Warfarin

Answer 5

PO, on for life. Takes a few days to work.
PT/INR
Vit K antidote
Do not give during pregnancy

Question 6

Potassium sparing vs potassium wasting diuretics

Answer 6

TONE spares (spironlactone)
everything else wastes (furosemide)

Question 7

Baclofen

Answer 7

Muscle relaxant - causes drowsiness + muscle weakness
Do not drink, drive, watch children under 12

Question 8

post-transplant anti-rejection drugs

Answer 8

IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS

steroids (sone), azathioprine, and a drug ending in -limus (sirolimus)

Question 9

Crackles, Wheezes, Bruits

Answer 9

crackled caused by fluid in airways - give furosemide (diuretic)
narrowing of airways - give albuterol (bronchodilator)
problem with arteries

(easyauscultation.com)

Question 10

Stages of pressure sores

Answer 10

stage 1 skin intact - no break, no blanching. do not massage

stage 2 - skin is broken (no yellow, white, or red)

stage 3 - full thickness - down to subcut fat (yellow)

stage 4 full thickness, down to bone (white) or muscle (red)

(take online pressure ulcer staging quiz day before)

Question 11

Abdomen Quadrants

Answer 11

Right upper: liver, gallbladder, right kidney
Left upper: stomach, spleen, left kidney
Right lower: Appendix
Left lower: descending colon

Question 12

Where to palpate peripheral pulses

Answer 12

carotid, brachiale, radial, femoral

Question 13

Valves of the heart

Answer 13

Aortic - Pulmonic
Tricuspid
Mitral