Problem
Part A
a) Explain how you should prepare for administering medication?
b) Describe how the classifications of drugs are defined?
c) The rate of absorption is determined by what factors?
d) When giving sequential doses of a drug, why is it important that the doses be timed?
e) List and describe the four types of drug actions?
f) When a prescription or order is created for a drug to be dispensed or administered to a patient, what information must be documented by the physician or qualified person?
g) What are some of the special considerations that affect drug dosages in infants and children?
h) Give reasons why patients do not take the drugs that are prescribed for them on the schedule that is indicated by the prescription?
i) List the Six Rights of medication administration.
j) Why is evaluation of drug therapy important?
Part B
a) The selected route of medication administration depends on what factors?
b) Describe how computerized provider order entry (CPOE) works.
c) Identify the three types of medication administration systems.
d) What are the benefits of the unit-dose system?
e) Explain the advantage of the automated dispensing machine (ADM) when distributing opiate analgesics and hypnotics.
f) How would you assist an older adult patient who is experiencing difficulty swallowing a pill?
g) Describe the five groups of drugs that are commonly dispensed in inhalers for treatment of the lungs.
h) For what reasons would a topical solution be introduced into the vaginal cavity?
i) Explain how transdermal medications are supplied.
j) What data should be included when documenting medication administration?