ati medication admin

Question 1

6 rights

Answer 1

right client 
right medication 
right dose
right route of administration 
right time of delivery 
right documentation

Question 2

additional pt rights related to medication admin

Answer 2

right to refuse
right assessment
right education
right response

Question 3

safety strategies for med admin

Answer 3

• checking the medication against medication admin reecord
• checking drug upon preparation
• checking drug just prior to admin

Question 4

medication reconciliation

Answer 4

• preformed when care of client is transferred from one health care prof to another, such as when a client returns from one physical location to another
• involves reviewing clients current medication, then addressing omissions and duplications
• ensures continuity of care

Question 5

therapeutic actions

Answer 5

• pharmacodynamics
• peak plasma level
• trough serum levels: lowest level of concentration of medication that correlates to the rate of elimination

Question 6

black box warning

Answer 6

issued on medications that may produce lethal and iatrogenic results

Question 7

steven-johnsons syndrome

Answer 7

develops 1-14 days following drug admin

manifested by respiratory distress, fever, chills, defuse fine rish, than blisters

Question 8

dissolution

Answer 8

medication is dependent upon its initial state and route of admin

Question 9

prodrugs

Answer 9

inactive chemicals that are transformed through metabolism to become active before they have therapeutic effect

Question 10

first pass effect

Answer 10

oral medications pass from the small intestines to the hepatic circulation via the mesenteric vein and portal vein flowing into liver resulting in lower concentration of the medications in the systemic circulation

Question 11

teratogenic

Answer 11

fetal defects

Question 12

enteral

Answer 12

directly into GI tract

Question 13

time critical meds

Answer 13

those that when admin either 30 min before or after can cause harm to client or substandard pharm effect