Home Courses 3956 Lesson 26 Step 13: Review Practice Exercise 26-2 Step 13: Review Practice Exercise 26-2 Review the answers to the Practice Exercise and use this as a study tool when preparing for your quiz. 1. This is a material that won’t break down until it reaches the intestine. c. Enteric coated 2. This is a solid disc of medication made by compressing the powdered form of a drug and bulk-filling material under high pressure. a. Tablet 3. This is a mix of two fluids that do not normally blend together. b. Emulsion 4. This suspension contains medication that cools, dries, moistens or otherwise protects the skin. b. Lotion 5. Injections are the only type of parenteral administration. b. False 6. Which is not an enteral route of administration? d. Vaginal 7. Which drug route involves putting a dose of medicine between the cheek and gums? a. Buccal 8. Which drug route uses a spray or inhalation? b. Intranasal 9. When a patient inhales large particles of a gaseous drug, what happens? c. The patient swallows the particles instead of inhaling them. 10. What is the main advantage of administering medicine through a patch? d. You can’t forget to take the medication 11. Rhonda is assisting a patient in taking her liquid oral medication. After washing her hands and identifying the patient. Rhonda explains the procedure and double checks the written orders. She compares the label with the doctor’s orders and checks the expiration date. After calculating the dosage, Rhonda dispenses the medication into the bottle cap and then into a medicine cup. After explaining the possible effects and taking the patient’s vitals, Rhonda watches the patient take the medication with the water provided. Rhonda washes her hands and documents the procedure, including the date, time, name of drug, route, dosage and patient data. She notes there were no reactions. Did Rhonda perform the procedure correctly for administering a liquid oral medication? No, this procedure was for administering a solid oral medication rather than a liquid. 12. John has conjunctivitis and Mike, the medical assistant, is instilling eye drop into John’s eyes. Mike washes his hands and reviews the physician’s order, noting which eye should be treated, which medication or solution should be used and the required dose. After assembling the equipment and verifying the irrigation solution was at room temperature, Mike confirmed the patient’s details. John says he does not wear contact lenses and has no allergies. Mike performs the second medication check and then has John sit with his head turned toward the side requiring treatment. Mike covers John’s neck and shoulder with a drape or towel and places a disposable leakproof drape next to the affected eye and drainage basin on top of the drape. After putting on sterile gloves, Mike uses saline to wet a gauze square with saline and cleans John’s eyelid and lashes, moving from the inner to the outer canthus. After performing the third medication check, Mike has John tilt his head backward and look up. Gently pulling the lower eyelid down to expose the conjunctival sac and create a pocket, Mike places the tip of the medication dispenser near the eye, resting his hand against John’s forehead for stability. Holding the tip of the dispenser approximately half an inch above the center of the lower conjunctival sac, Mike informs John that the installation is about to begin. Mike applies a medication droplet into the conjunctival sac without touching the eye or eyelid. After instilling the proper number of drops, Mike has John close his eye and asks him to rotate it, while Mike places his index finger over the inner canthus to prevent medication drainage from the eye via the lacrimal ducts. After drying the excess drainage for the eye, Mike performs the fourth medication check. Mike discards the used materials and his gloves. After washing his hands, Mike assesses the patient and documents the procedure. Was this procedure performed correctly? No, this procedure was performed incorrectly. First, Mike forgot the first medication check. He did not explain the procedure or obtain verbal consent. In addition, sterile gloves are not necessary for this procedure. 13. Explain the difference between administering ear drops in adults versus a two-year-old child. For an adult, you pull the auricle of the ear up and back, while you pull the auricle of the ear down and back for a child younger than three years old. 14. Why are solutions and suspensions administered as a fine mist for intranasal drugs? Drops are likely to drain into the back of the mouth and throat; therefore, they are administered as a fine mist from a nasal spray. 15. Describe how to properly administer transdermal medications. Before applying a transdermal patch, you must always remove any old patch (make sure to wear gloves). Be careful not to touch the inside of the old patch to avoid inadvertently absorbing any remaining medication. Fold the sticky sides of the patch together, and discard. If you prefer to take notes by hand, you can type them into the box below. These notes will be added to your Notes & Highlights page and can only be seen by you. This is also where you can disable My Notebook if you don't want to use it. Click the blue "My Notebook" box below to show or minimize it. MY NOTEBOOKClick here to show Type your notes here for this lesson... supportvertical_align_top bug_report Copyri