Pharmacology

Question 1

What are the six R’s of drug administration?

Answer 1

Right Drug
Right Dose
Right Time
Right Route
Right Person
Right Reaction

Question 2

What do you need to consider for right drug?

Answer 2

Indications: when you can give the drug
Contraindications: when the drug can not be used

Question 3

What needs to be considered in right dose?

Answer 3

Precautions and therapeutic dose

Question 4

What do you need to consider for right time?

Answer 4

Onset of action
Duration of action
Peak effect

Question 5

What are the three primary routes for drugs to enter the body?

Answer 5

Topical
Enteral (digestive - oesophagus, stomach, small and large intestines)
Parenteral (not enteral - usually injected)

Question 6

What considerations need to be made for the right person?

Answer 6

Precautions
Side Effects
Allergies

Question 7

What considerations need to be made for right reaction?

Answer 7

Drug action
Side effects
Adverse reaction

Question 8

What is the formula to calculate drug doses?

Answer 8

required dose / dose in stock = amount of drug
or
Strength required Stock Volume
Volume required = ______________ x ____________
Stock Strength 1

Question 9

What do you need to document when you have administered a drug?

Answer 9

concentration
time of administration
route
administering person - also consider witness
effect of the medication
drugs that were drawn up but not administered

Question 10

Which drugs require written or verbal authorisation to be administered?

Answer 10

S4 & S8. exceptions for emergencies.

Question 11

What are the three primary aims of the therapeutic goods act 1989?

Answer 11

1. To control the supply of drugs prone to abuse
2. To regulate the availability of substances for therapeutic use (to ensure safety and quality)
3. To include certain products on government sponsored assistance schemes