Pharmacology Basics and Safe Medication Administration - Nursing Flashcards

Pharmacology Basics & Safe Medication Administration Flashcards Topics

• How drug names work (chemical, generic, brand).
• Medication regulation (US drug schedule, drug risk classification in pregnancy).
• Prescriptions (types, components).
• Telephone orders (best practices).
• Error-prone abbreviations.
• Best practices for safe medication administration.
• Pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion).
• Therapeutic Index and Half-life of medications
• Agonists vs. Antagonists.
• Best practices for administering medications through different routes of administration (oral, NG/G-tube, sublingual/buccal, transdermal, inhalation therapy, optic, otic, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intravenous).
• Preparing injections from an ampule and vial.
• Insulin administration and mixing insulins.
• IV therapy (IV insertion, care), and complications (phlebitis, infiltration, extravasation, catheter embolus, air embolus, thrombosis, fluid overload, infection).
• Blood transfusions (blood type compatibility, types of blood products, best practices for administering blood).
• Blood transfusion reactions (mild allergic, anaphylactic, febrile, septic, acute hemolytic, circulatory overload).
• Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) administration and nursing care.

Not included:

• Specific medications. Actual medications are included in our Pharmacology flashcards. This product, Pharmacology Basics, provides important foundational information on safe medication administration and makes a good companion to our Pharmacology flashcards.
• Detailed step-by-step instructions for performing skills. These cards focus more on best practices and general information for safe medication administration.