EDK (Emergency Drug Kit) - ✔✔a supply of medications maintained "in-house" by the facility.
Hypertension - ✔✔high blood pressure
Hypotension
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Hypoglycemia - ✔✔
The "six rights" of medication administration - ✔✔1. Right Medication
2. Right Dose
3. Right Resident
4. Right Route
5. Right Time
6. Right Documentation
Four Elements of Successful Communication - ✔✔1. Formulation the message
2. Sending the message
3. Receiving the message
4. Observing the feedback
Formulation the message - ✔✔organized, complete and understandable
Sending the message - ✔✔Verbal Communication
Nonverbal Communication
Verbal Communication - ✔✔written or spoken words
Nonverbal Communication - ✔✔facial expressions, tone of voice, eye movement, posture, gestures, (body language), touching and call lights.
Microorganisms - ✔✔are tiny living things that can only be see with a microscope.
Pathogen - ✔✔the causative agent
Pathogen - ✔✔1. bacteria
2. viruses
3. fungi
4. protozoa
Stomatitis - ✔✔inflammation of the mouth
Pruritus - ✔✔severe itching
Pharmacology - ✔✔the study of medications and their effect on the body
Trade Brand - ✔✔first letter is capitalized
Generic Name (term) - ✔✔legal noncommercial name for a drug
Generic Name - ✔✔first letter is lower case
Local Effect - ✔✔Limited to the area of the body where medication is applied
Systemic Effect - ✔✔affects the entire body
Side Effect - ✔✔any effect of a medicine other than the one intended
Adverse Effect - ✔✔unintended, undesirable, and often unpredictable severe responses to medication
Allergic Effect - ✔✔An immune system response that occurs when the body interprets the administered drug as a foreign substance and forms antibodies against the drug.
Three types of Effects - ✔✔1. Local Effect
2. Systemic Effect
3. Emotional Effect
Medication Forms - ✔✔1. Liquid
2. Solid
3. Semi-solid
4. Gas
Methods of administration - ✔✔1. Oral
2. Topical
3. Parenteral
4. Instillation
5. Insertion
6. Inhalation
7. Transdermal
8. Enteral
Semi-Solid Medications - ✔✔1. Powders
2. Ointments
3. Creams
4. Suppositories
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