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Question | Answer |
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What is the size of the gauge and needle for a SUB Q shot? | 25-28 gauge and 1/2 to 5/8 needle |
What angle would you use for a thin person for SUB Q? | 45 |
What angle would you use for an average or fat person for SUB Q? | 90 |
IM shots. Gauge and needle size? | 19-25 gauge and 5/8 to 1.5 needle |
What is gauge? | determines the size of needle, bigger the #, the smaller the needle |
Angle for IM shot? | 90 |
Which injection do you aspirate? | IM only! |
Intradermal injections. What angle and how many ml? | 15 degrees and no more then 1 ml. (.5) |
How far do you insert the TB syringe? | 1/8 inch with bevel up |
What is an Idiosyncratic effect? | uncommon response to a drug b/c of a genetic predisposition |
What is sublingual? | under the tongue |
what is Buccal? | between the cheek and gums |
Oral med contraindications | vomiting, dysphagia, gastric suctioning, unconscious pt |
how long do you wait to reconnect the suction for an NG tube? | 20-30 minutes |
giving meds through NG tube what are the measurements of water you flush with? | start with 30mL inbetween meds is 10mL and end with 60 mL |
giving opthalmic meds, what position do you put the pt in? | supine with neck hyperextended |
what position for giving otic meds? | Lateral. lay 5-10 min. after admin. insert cotton call for 15-20 min. |
what position for nasal meds? | supine with head tilted back stay 1-5 min. |
what position for rectal admin? | sims with upper leg flexed insert 3 inches staty for 4 minutes |
what are the 3 parts of a syringe? | tip, barrel and plunger |
what are the 3 types of syringes? | standard, insulin and tuberculin |
how many mL's can a TB syringe hold? | 1 ml |
how many mL's can a standard syringe hold? | 3 mL |
Insulin is measured in what? | units |
what does an ampule hold? and what kind of needle? | single dose of a drug and filter needle |
where do you administer Heparin? | abdomen, dont massage or aspirate |
what is an anticoagulant? | prevents blood clots |
landmarks for Deltoid? | acromion process and axillary fold |
how mant ml's for deltoid? | 1 ml |
landmarks for vastus lateralis? | greater trochanter and knee |
how many mL's for vastus lateralis? | no more than 3 mL |
landmarks for ventrogluteal? | greater trochanter, index to anterior superios iliac spine and middle finger toward iliac crest |
how many mL's for ventrogluteal? | no more than 3 mL |
why is the z-track technique used? | prevent medication from leaking back through the needle track and irritating sub Q tissue |
Brand name v.s generic name? | generic name not capitalized active ingredients are identical inactive are not FDA |
what is a controlled substance? | drugs that have limited medical use or high potential for abuse or addiction? |
schedule 1 is what? | illegal and highest potential for abuse |
schedule 5 is what? | lowest potential for addiction (limited amts. for narcotics) |
what is Teratogenic? | agent that interferes with normal embryonic development (alcohol, xrays) |
drug action: local? | affects targeted area only |
drug action: systemic? | affects whole body |
Drug toxicity | drug accumulates in blood b.c it cant be readily metabolized |
cumulative effect | buildup of a drug |
drug tolerance | reaction to drug decreases, larger does req'd to achieve desired effect |
potentiation | enhancement of 1 agent by another so combined effect is greater |
incompatibility | disharmonious relationship among ingredients of prescriptions or other drug mixtures |
noncompliance medications | taking med at wrong time or wrong way |
lethal dose | quantity of an agent that will/may be sufficient to death |
toxic dose | produce toxic effect |
parenteral meds | taken into body any other way than digestive system (IV OR IM) |
what are the 6 rights? | patient,drug, dose, time, route and documentation |
3 befores | check med with mar when taking our drawer, during prep. and before admin. |
time frame for giving meds? | 30-60 minutes of scheduled time |