CT DDS MED COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔How would you apply lotions to the body? - ✔✔Apply by patting on (has a local
effect)
✔✔How would you apply powders? - ✔✔- Put powder on glove or gauze to apply
* Too much powder causes caking and irrational
* Caution that none of the particles are inhaled
✔✔Never insert nasal drops more than ____ into the nostril - ✔✔3/8"
✔✔For nasal drops keep head tilted for ____ minutes to prevent loss of medication -
✔✔3-5
✔✔Suppositories melts at - ✔✔Body temperature (98.6 degrees F)
✔✔Suppositories act within _____ minutes - ✔✔15-30
✔✔Suppositories requires person to be in the _____ position - ✔✔Sims
✔✔How far should the suppositories be inserted into the anus? - ✔✔3-4 inches
✔✔Enemas act within 15-30 minutes - ✔✔True
✔✔Enemas requires person to be in the ______ position - ✔✔Sims
✔✔Vaginal medication are administered in the ______ ________ position - ✔✔Dorsal
Recumbent position
✔✔What is CNS? - ✔✔Central Nervous System
, ✔✔CNS work on the - ✔✔Brain and spinal cord
✔✔What are the 3 categories of analgesics? - ✔✔- Narcotics
- Non-Narcotics
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID)
✔✔Parkinsonism - ✔✔Tremors, shuffling gait, rigidity, resembles Parkinson's disease
✔✔Acute dystonia - ✔✔Muscle spasms of various small muscle groups
(face,mouth,neck,eye)
✔✔Objective - ✔✔Charting what you see, hear, feel, and smell
✔✔A 225m must be filled out in - ✔✔24 hours
✔✔Class A Error - ✔✔Documentation error
- failure to document according to procedures
- failure to submit required documentation relative to med error
- failure to order/doc all medications ordered from pharmacy
- failure to secure/maintain keys according to est procedures
✔✔You must destroy medication with ___ people present - ✔✔2
✔✔Class B Error - ✔✔Violation of rights
- violating 5 rights
- errors in time
- use of prohibited technique
✔✔Class C Error - ✔✔Most serious errors
- errors resulting in death or serious injuries
- falsification of records and/or certification paper work
- administration of medication when certification has expired or has been suspended
✔✔For controlled drugs there must be a ____ and ___ present. - ✔✔RN and staff
✔✔ Absorption - ✔✔Movement of medication from the stomach or intenstines in the
blood stream.
✔✔Acute Illness - ✔✔Sickness that begins quickly and last a short time
✔✔Adverse effect - ✔✔Unexpected and possibly serious or life threatening effects of a
medication
✔✔Akathesia - ✔✔Inability to sit still
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔How would you apply lotions to the body? - ✔✔Apply by patting on (has a local
effect)
✔✔How would you apply powders? - ✔✔- Put powder on glove or gauze to apply
* Too much powder causes caking and irrational
* Caution that none of the particles are inhaled
✔✔Never insert nasal drops more than ____ into the nostril - ✔✔3/8"
✔✔For nasal drops keep head tilted for ____ minutes to prevent loss of medication -
✔✔3-5
✔✔Suppositories melts at - ✔✔Body temperature (98.6 degrees F)
✔✔Suppositories act within _____ minutes - ✔✔15-30
✔✔Suppositories requires person to be in the _____ position - ✔✔Sims
✔✔How far should the suppositories be inserted into the anus? - ✔✔3-4 inches
✔✔Enemas act within 15-30 minutes - ✔✔True
✔✔Enemas requires person to be in the ______ position - ✔✔Sims
✔✔Vaginal medication are administered in the ______ ________ position - ✔✔Dorsal
Recumbent position
✔✔What is CNS? - ✔✔Central Nervous System
, ✔✔CNS work on the - ✔✔Brain and spinal cord
✔✔What are the 3 categories of analgesics? - ✔✔- Narcotics
- Non-Narcotics
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID)
✔✔Parkinsonism - ✔✔Tremors, shuffling gait, rigidity, resembles Parkinson's disease
✔✔Acute dystonia - ✔✔Muscle spasms of various small muscle groups
(face,mouth,neck,eye)
✔✔Objective - ✔✔Charting what you see, hear, feel, and smell
✔✔A 225m must be filled out in - ✔✔24 hours
✔✔Class A Error - ✔✔Documentation error
- failure to document according to procedures
- failure to submit required documentation relative to med error
- failure to order/doc all medications ordered from pharmacy
- failure to secure/maintain keys according to est procedures
✔✔You must destroy medication with ___ people present - ✔✔2
✔✔Class B Error - ✔✔Violation of rights
- violating 5 rights
- errors in time
- use of prohibited technique
✔✔Class C Error - ✔✔Most serious errors
- errors resulting in death or serious injuries
- falsification of records and/or certification paper work
- administration of medication when certification has expired or has been suspended
✔✔For controlled drugs there must be a ____ and ___ present. - ✔✔RN and staff
✔✔ Absorption - ✔✔Movement of medication from the stomach or intenstines in the
blood stream.
✔✔Acute Illness - ✔✔Sickness that begins quickly and last a short time
✔✔Adverse effect - ✔✔Unexpected and possibly serious or life threatening effects of a
medication
✔✔Akathesia - ✔✔Inability to sit still
