Pharmacology Exam 1 Study Guide (Pharmacology NRSG 106-02N) Questions With Complete Solutions

Right Drug, Right Dose, Right Time, Right Route, Right Patient, Right Documentation correct answer: 6 Rights of medication administration Right Drug correct answer: Must perform 3 checks before giving medication to verify the ______. Right Dose correct answer: Confirm that it is in normal range for the patient's age and size. Right Time correct answer: No more than 1/2 hour before or after actual time specified. 1/2 hour correct answer: Stat meds need to be given within ____ of time the order was written. Right Route correct answer: Never assume the route of drug administration. Right Patient correct answer: Use 2 forms of identification. Right Documentation correct answer: Date and time, name of medication, dose, route, and site of administration, also note if NOT administered with reason why, refusal of medication, and clinical observations. Bioterrorism correct answer: The use of infectious biologic or chemical agents as weapons for human destruction. Anthrax correct answer: Inhalation form most severe and can be fatal; vaccine available; treatable with antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin and dicloxacillin. MRSA correct answer: A strain of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to the beta-lactamase penicillin known as methicillin; new antibiotics have been developed to treat this infection. VRE correct answer: Enterococcus species that are resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics and Vancomycin; usually seen in UTI. Some newer antibiotics have been developed to successfully treat it. ESBL correct answer: A group of beta-lactamase enzymes produced by some organisms that makes the organism resistant to all beta-lactam antibiotics (penicillins and cephalosporins) and aztreonam; can only be treated with carbapenems or sometimes quinolones. KPC correct answer: An enzyme first found in isolates of the bacterium klebsiella pneumoniae that renders the organism resistant to all carbapenem antibiotics as well as beta-lactam antibiotics and monobactams. Such organisms produce