Principles Of Pharmacology

Question 1

Medications are absorbed into the blood stream through variously body tissues through all methods except

Answer 1

Intravenous injection

Question 2

What is pharmacology

Answer 2

The study of drugs

Question 3

What two things do medications do?

Answer 3

Prevents disease

Relieves pain

Question 4

What is an agonist

Answer 4

Causes stimulation of reveptors

Question 5

What is antagonist

Answer 5

Bonds to receptors and blocks other medications

Question 6

What is dose

Answer 6

Amount of medication given

Question 7

What are unintended effects?

Answer 7

Effects you expect to happen

Question 8

What are untoward effects

Answer 8

Effects not expected

Question 9

What is a nonproprietary name mean?

Answer 9

A generic name

Ibuprofen

Question 10

What is a trade name?

Answer 10

A manufacturers brand name

Tylenol

Question 11

How are enteral medications given?

Answer 11

Through the body

Question 12

What does PR and PO mean?

Answer 12

Per rectum and per oral

Question 13

What does intravenous (IV) mean

Answer 13

In vein

Question 14

What does intraosseous (IO) mean

Answer 14

In bone

Question 15

What does subcutaneous (SC) mean?

Answer 15

Under skin

Question 16

What does intramuscular (IM) mean?

Answer 16

In muscle

Question 17

How do you administer nitroglycerin?

Answer 17

By sublingual (SL)- under the toungue

Question 18

What is transcutaneous (transdermal)

Answer 18

Through the skin

Question 19

What Is intranasal (In)?

Answer 19

Into the nostril

Question 20

What forms do medications come in? (7)

Answer 20

Tablets/capsules
Solutions/suspensions
Metered dose inhalers
Topical medications
Transcutaneous medications
Gels
Gases for inhalation

Question 21

When can you administer medication?

Answer 21

With order from medical control
Direct orders given online
Standing orders that are part of local protocals

Question 22

What are six rights of medication administration

Answer 22

Right patient
Right medication
Right dose
Right route
Right time
Right documentation

Question 23

When do you not give patients activated charcoal?

Answer 23

If they have altered level of consciousness

Or who have ingested an acid, alkali, or petroleum

Question 24

Systolic Bp must be at least what to administer nitroglycerin (NTG)?

Answer 24

120

Question 25

What do you do before give NTG?

Answer 25

Check blood pressure

Obtain order to administer

Question 26

What does NTG do

Answer 26

Relieves angina pain (cardiac pain)
Increases blood flow
Relaxes veins

Question 27

What does epinephrine do

Answer 27

–Controls fight-or-flight response
–Primary medication for delivery IM
–Also called adrenaline, released inside body under stress
–Sympathomimetic
–Increases heart rate and constricts blood vessels

Question 28

What are four contraindications for epinephrine?

Answer 28

–Do not give to patients with hypertension
hypothermia
myocardium infarction
wheezing.

Question 29

After giving medications what do you document?

Answer 29

–Reassessed vital signs
–Patient’s history
–Assessment
–Treatment
–Response findings