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MED AIDE STATE FINAL EXAM
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MED AIDE STATE FINAL EXAMadvanced directives - ANSWER state a persons wishes about healthcare, organ
donation, and end of life measures when he/she is unable to make wishes known to
the family, caregivers and physician
false imprisonment - ANSWER use of restraints as a form of punishment, for
monitoring purposes, or reasons other than those ordered by the physician
involuntary seclusion - ANSWER is a type of false imprisonment, it is the seperation
of a resident from other residents of his/her room against the residents wishes or
confinement to his/her room or specific areas against the residents will
misappropriation - ANSWER misuse or theft of funds/property belonging to a
resident
slander - ANSWER statement or statements made to damage a persons reputation
5 stages of grief - ANSWER denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
The dying persons bill of rights - ANSWER - right to be treated with dignity and
respect until death
- right to maintain a sense of hopefulness and to be cared for by those who maintain
a sense of hope
- right to be allowed to express feelings/emotions about approaching death
- right to continue to participate in decisions concerning care
- right to expect focus of care to be palliative rather than restorative
-right to not die alone or in pain
- right to have questions answered honestly and not be deceived
- right to have help from/for family accepting death
- right to be treated as an individual and not be judged for decisions which may
contrary to the beliefs of others
- right to discuss and engage in religious/spiritual experiences
- right to expect that the sanctity of the body will be respected after death
- right to be cared for by caring, sensitive, knowledgeable people who will attempt to
understand his/her needs and wishes
non-legend drugs - ANSWER OTC medications available without a prescription
legend drugs - ANSWER requires prescriptions and must be filled by a pharmacist
scheduled or controlled substances - ANSWER drugs that may be addictive or habit-
forming
trade/brand name - ANSWER has the first letter capitalized and is identified with the
symbol R, indicating that the name is registered or patented by a company or
individual
, generic name - ANSWER considered its official name, the first letter is lower case
and is usually a combination of chemicals in the drug
ex: Lasix, which is a brand name but distributed as furosemide, which is its generic
name
primary, desired or therapeutic effect - ANSWER is the effect for which the
medication was ordered
secondary effect - ANSWER is an unintentional, although not always unwanted. it is
an effect of a medication other than that for which it was ordered
tolerance - ANSWER causes a reduced reaction to a medication following its
repeated use
idiosyncratic drug effect - ANSWER an unusual, unexplained, and even bizarre
response to a drug
- liver damage/failure is the most common example
addiction - ANSWER a persons inability to stop using the drug
antagonistic effect - ANSWER when two drug interact with each other causing a
decrease in the effectiveness of one or the other
ex: caffeine with alcohol
synergistic effect - ANSWER when two drugs given together enhance the effect of
one or both drugs. sometimes the effect is desirable such as in the case of giving a
sedative with an analgesic to enhance pain relief
cumulative effect - ANSWER caused by too frequent administration or too long a
period of administration and/or slow excretion of a drug, causing it to accumulate in
the system, sooner or later producing toxicity
fluid extract - ANSWER is a solution containing dissolved vegetable drugs, alcohol,
and water, of such strength that one cc is equal to one gram of the dried drug (vanilla
extract)
tincture - ANSWER is a medicine consisting of a substance in a solution of alcohol
spirits - ANSWER solutions which are mostly used in preparation of pharmaceutical
products and usually contain a high amount of alcohol
syrups - ANSWER concentrated solutions of sugar in water with a medicinal agent
added
elixirs - ANSWER sweetened, aromatic solutions of alcohol and water containing, or
used as a vehicle for, medicinal substances
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