NUR 304 UNIT 1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS

- Pharmacist: gets med orders from providers and prepare and dispense the medicine -- collaborate with others and responsible for making sure orders are valid -- rarely mix compounds and solutions except in IVs -- main task is having the accurate label -- provide information about the medicine and its compatibility - Provider: physician, dentist, psychiatrist, podiatrist, physician assistant (PA), advance practice nurse (nurse midwives, nurse anesthetist, nurse practitioners) - Nurse: mainly the ones who educate patient's about their medications and administer meds - Patient: needs to be informed about medication What people are involved in administering medicine? Chemical Name Identifies drug's atomic and molecular structure (big long name in drug book) Generic Name Assigned by the manufacturer that first develops the drug (active ingredient) Official Name Name by which the drug is identified in official publications like the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and National Formulary (NF) (usually the generic name) Trade Name Brand name copyrighted by the company that sells the drug (protected by trademark) -- usually choose names that are easy to say, remember, and spell Oral medication (PO) (Type of Drug Preparation) - Also called non-parenteral (anything not given by IV, intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous) - Enterecoated (don't disolve in the stomach, usually can't be chewed or crushed), buccal (put in the cheek to disolve), sublingual (goes under the tongue) - Capsule, pill, tablet, extended release, elixir, suspension, syrup, troche (lausenge), aerosol Topical Medication (Type of Drug Preparation) - Also called non-parenteral - Liniment, lotion, ointment, transdermal patch, paste