Week 1 Safe Medication Administration

Question 1

Prescription Only Medications

Answer 1

S4 Drug

Question 2

Drugs that require a register of their stock levels and use

Answer 2

S8 Drug

Question 3

manufacturers name

Answer 3

Medication Trade name

Question 4

NIMC

Answer 4

National Inpatient Medication Chart

Question 5

Designed to give priority to orders that are needed most quickly

Answer 5

STAT Medication Order

Question 6

Orders that authorise a nurse to give a specific medication at a specified dose for a designated reason WHEN NEEDED

Answer 6

PRN Medication Order

Question 7

Resistant to gastric acidic fluids

Answer 7

Enteric Coated Medication Order

Question 8

Placing a drug between your gums and cheek, where it also dissolves and is absorbed into your blood

Answer 8

Buccal administration

Question 9

The intended response of the drug

Answer 9

Therapeutics Effect

Question 10

A severe allergic reaction with life-threatening symptoms and requires immediate medical attention

Answer 10

Anaphylaxis

Question 11

MIMS

Answer 11

Monthly Index of Medical Specialities.
Comprehensive drug reference system.

Question 12

If a person is absent and therefore does not receive their prescribed medication at the due time what is the code you write and circle on the medication chart

Answer 12

A

Question 13

If a person is not given a prescribed medication because they are vomiting what is the correct code to chart?

Answer 13

V

Question 14

If a person refuses to take the medication that is prescribed for them what code are you to record on their medication chart

Answer 14

R

Question 15

If a person has self administered their own medication, for example a person with diabetes self administering their prescribed insulin what code do you use to record that on their medication chart?

Answer 15

S

Question 16

If a person is on leave from the facility and therefore you are unable to administer their prescribed medication for that day which code do you use on the NIMC?

Answer 16

L

Question 17

If a drug is being withheld from administration what code is documented on the NIMC?

Answer 17

W

Question 18

If a medication cannot be given because it is not available in stock at the prescribed time what code is written on the NIMC?

Answer 18

N

Question 19

What is the correct code to record on the NIMC when medications are not given as prescribed because a person is fasting?

Answer 19

F

Question 20

Medication

Answer 20

a substance administered to diagnose, cure, treat, relieve or prevent a disease/symptom

Question 21

the first manufacturers drug name

Answer 21

Generic Name

Question 22

pharmacists name for the drug

Answer 22

Chemical name

Question 23

Transdermal patch

Answer 23

membrane containing a drug that is applied to the skin and absorbed slowly

Question 24

Paste

Answer 24

thicker and stiffer than an ointment and penetrates the skin less

Question 25

Ointment

Answer 25

a semi-solid preparation applied to the skin

Question 26

Lotion

Answer 26

a liquid suspension applied to the skin

Question 27

Tinctures

Answer 27

alcoholic or water/alcohol based solutions from drugs that come from plants

Question 28

Liniments

Answer 28

medications mixed with alcohol, oil or soap and applied to the skin

Question 29

Aqueous solutions

Answer 29

1 or more drugs divided in a liquid

Question 30

Inhalations

Answer 30

medications administered via spray, mist or powder and inhaled

Question 31

Topical

Answer 31

an application applied to a circumscribed part of the body

Question 32

Pessary

Answer 32

a soluble block inserted vaginally

Question 33

Suppository

Answer 33

a drug mixed with a firm base and shaped to be inserted rectally

Question 34

Enemas

Answer 34

a liquid that is inserted rectally

Question 35

The elderly are more susceptible to medication side effects and toxicity because:

Answer 35

The normal changes of the aging process may reduce drug elimination

Question 36

The Australian injectable Drugs Handbook has just released which edition in 2020?

Answer 36

8th

Question 37

One medication that can require monitoring of the drug blood level especially when treatment is first commenced is:

Answer 37

Digoxin

Question 38

A side effect of a medication is:

Answer 38

An unintended negative reaction that is usually predictable

Question 39

When taking a telephone medication order which of the following is correct?

Answer 39

2 nursing staff must confirm the verbal order heard and double check its administration.

Question 40

For Safe Medication Administration, standard best practice includes checking seven (7) fundamental rights, the remaining fundamental rights checks are:

Answer 40

Time, Route, to Refuse, Documentation

Question 41

The Seven fundamental medication rights

Answer 41

Right Patient Right Drug Right Dose Right Time Right Route Right to Refuse RightDocumentation

Question 42

NIMC

Answer 42

National, standard medication chart ensures that health professionals are familiar with the layout of the chart and the safe medication management principles on which it is based no matter where they practice