Pharmacology

Question 1

What are 8 rights of Medication Administration

Answer 1

Right Patient, Right Dose, Right Drug, Right Route, Right Time, Right Documentation, Right Reason and Right Response

Question 2

What are some of the direct sources of drugs

Answer 2

plants, fungi, laboratories, genetic engineering

Question 3

what are the ages of drugs

Answer 3

Age of Natural Substances (pre-20th C), Age of Synthetic Agents (20th C) and currently Age of Bio-technologies (late 20th-21st C)

Question 4

What are sources of drugs

Answer 4

OTC (chemists/supermarkets), prescription by doctors or hospitals, naturopaths - herbal based/holistic, “street” sources synthetic/legal or illegal

Question 5

What are some of the issues with OTC drugs

Answer 5

People can overdose, misuse, unintentionally poly-pharmacy, become reliant, not read the instructions, may not be the appropriate strength required

Question 6

What are some things you must consider

Answer 6

know your drugs as your responsible, consider state/federal legislation of legal administration of drugs, poly pharmacy, compliance, natural remedies, individual reactions, patient history, names of drugs

Question 7

What are some factors that affect medication compliancey

Answer 7

Cultural background, language barriers, laziness, socioeconomic factors, age, inconvenience, forgetting, unpleasant administration

Question 8

What are some forms of pharmaceutics/formulations of drugs

Answer 8

tablets, EC, Caps, Controlled/Sustained release preparations, Suspension, IV, Powders, Topical, Drops, Creams (water-based) or ointments (fat-based)

Question 9

When administrating medications PO, what are some of the liquid states you may encounter?

Answer 9

Linctus (thickened), elixirs (alcohol solvent), tinctures (more concentrated elixirs), suspensions/emulsions (insoluble preparations)