Unit 3 Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Side Effect

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harmless. usually typical when taking medication. Always need to educate patient on common medications

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Adverse Effect

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harmful. Unexpected. Will be discontinued

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Adverse effects examples

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Server constipation or pain, fainting, bowel obstruction, central nervous system depression, toxicity

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Contraindication

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A reason not to give the med. example pregnant, allergy, ethic/ genetic back ground

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Interaction

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Increase/decrease therapeutic index

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Increase therapeutic index

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more effective/ low toxicity level

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Decrease therapeutic index

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high toxicity

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Decrease metabolism means

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more medication reaches the blood stream and creates toxicity.

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9
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What should you never give with medication?

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Grapefruit juice

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10
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Vitamin K is the antidote to what?

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Coumadin

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Factors that affect medications

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Body, age, sex, genetics, Biorhymic (morning or night), tolerance, Accumulation

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Pharmacokinetic changes throughout the lifespan of a client

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Increase in acid in the stomach, if the medication passes through the digestive tract too fast. If blood pressure is too low, prolonged gastric emptying time.

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Low Iron

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Low ability to transport Oxygen

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Who needs Iron?

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Anemia, heart failure, memory issue, fatigue, ADHD

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15
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What is Folic Acid?

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DNA

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low Folic Acid leads to

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Dysrhythmia, heart failure, numbness, and CNS damage. This leads to a birth defect such as spina bifida

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17
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B12

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helps with the production of red blood cells

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18
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What does Sodium do

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Fluid balance

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19
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What does Potassium do?

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Helps with muscle function

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Magnesium

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Nerve impulses; help with CNS

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Calcium

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Build strong bones and help with teeth

22
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What can’t push through IV

23
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Vit K

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blood clotting and the building of bones
found in leafy green veggies

Also given to new born

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Vit E

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Blood-brain and skin health

found in nuts and oils

Delay Alzheimers/ dementia

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Vit D
Maintain healthy bone
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Vit B
Creates Energy
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Vit A
vision, growth cells, reproduction, immunity
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Vit C helps with
Cartilage, blood vessel
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Hypocalcemia
paresthesia, muscle spasms, cramps, tetany, circumoral numbness, and seizures.
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Hypercalcemia
stomach upset, nausea, vomiting and constipation
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Who needs iron supplementation
Anemia, heart failure, memory issue, fatigue, ADHD
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What happens in the body when iron is low
Oxygen can't transport
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Side effects of Iron
GI issue, black/green stool, could cause liver and heart failure, avoid caffeine,dairy, Vit C, take on a empty stomach, increase water
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Food that have Folic Acid:
Whole grain, beans, peanut, liver, seafood.
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B12 found in what?
Meats, fish, milk, eggs, some breakfast
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Sodium found where?
Salt, sunflower, can foods mostly found outside the cells
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Foods Potassium is in
Dry fruit, Bean, lentils, Potatoes, winter squash, spinach, broccoli
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Calcium Sources
Fruit and leafy veggies
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Values Sodium
136- 145
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Magnesium Values
1.3 - 2.1
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Magnesium Values
1.3 - 2.1
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Values Potassium
3.5 - 5.0
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Hyponatremia
too little sodium confusion, muscle weakness, Tachycardia. Symptoms include seizures and Coma
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Hypernatremia
Too sodium Thirst, dry mucous membranes, decreased urine output
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HYPOKALEMIA
Potassium FATIGUE/WEAKNESS
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HYPERKALEMIA
Potassium DIARRHEA, MUSCLE WEAKNESS, CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS
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HYPOCALCEMIA
TINGLING IN MOUTH OR EXTREMITIES
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HYPERCALCEMIA
BONE PAIN, N/V, EXCESS URINATION, PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES, MENTAL CHANGES, KIDNEY STONES.
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HYPOMAGNESEMIA
TACHYCARDIA, MUSCLE SPASMS, NUMBNESS/TINGLING IN EXTREMITIES, MENTAL CHANGES, SEIZURES.
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HYPERMAGNESEMIA
FLUSHING, WARMTH, HYPOTENSION, BRADYCARDIA, RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION.