1. What are common med errors?

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• What are common med errors?

Answer

• wrong time

• wrong dose
• wrong patient
• wrong medication

• Two common typical neuroleptics (antipsychotics)

Answer

• Haloperidol

• Chlorpromazine

• Atypical Neuroleptic (Antipsychotics)

Answer

• Clozapine common meds end in "pine"

• What occurs if a patient is taking MAOI's and consumes foods with tyra- mine?

Answer Hypertensive crisis

severe high blood pressure that can lead to a stroke

• What do sympathomimetic drugs do?

Answer

• Triggers our fight or flight response by ‘ epinephrine and norepinephrine.

• Dilates and opens airways. 1 / 2

• examples

Answer Amphetamine, Phentermine, Phenlephrine

• Side effects of anticholinergics

Answer urinary retention, constipation,

dry mouth, blurred vision, tachycardia

• What do cholinergic drugs do?

Answer ‘ secretions

• What are the main side effects of opioids?

Answer respiratory depression, sedation,

dependence (addiction), nausea, vomiting, constipation, hypotension

• Reasons the nurse will stop opioids during treatment?

Answer respiratory is “ than 12 oxygen sat is “ than 90

• Treatment for constipation

Answer stool softner ‘ fiber ‘ fluid

• Antidote for Phenobarbital?

Answer

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