EXPLAIN 5

Study Guide

NR 220

1. Vitamins commonly given to a patient who is an alcoholic.

2. How to prepare and draw up insulin

3. Vitamins A, D, E & K – therapeutic use

4. Know about Metformin effects on blood glucose.

5. Drug interactions in older patients

6. Nursing implications when giving digoxin.

7. Effectiveness of ace inhibitors in African Americans

8. Type of medications patients sent home with DVT prophylaxis.

9. Nursing priorities when caring for a postoperative patient receiving opioids.

10. Administration of potassium chloride & assessment of IV site

11. What is the Beer’s list and what is it used for?

12. Medication given to a patient with a traumatic head injury.

13. Effects of glucocorticoids on patients with diabetes

14. Antidote for opioids

15. Know about Acetaminophen.

16. Adverse effects of nitroglycerin

17. Where medications are excreted and metabolized

18. Routes medications are given and absorptions.

19. Handling of nitroglycerin paste

20. Administration of insulin, routes, site rotation, and types of syringes used to administer insulin.

21. Labs to monitor for furosemide.

22. Antidote for anticoagulants, antiplatelet, insulin overdose

23. How to take NSAIDS

24. Usual sites of injection for administering insulin

25. Medications given for constipation (fast acting, slower acting)

26. How to take bulk-forming laxatives

27. Treatment for H. pylori

28. Know about sucralfate- how/what does it do to ulcers?

29. Laxatives and pregnancy

30. How beta-blockers work

31. Major adverse effects of sulfonylureas

32. How to store insulin/insulin pin

33. Know about NPH and how to prepare and administer.

34. What labs should be monitored when administering heparin

35. Factors that contribute to medication non-compliance in the older adult.

36. Age related factor that can alter effects of medications in the older adult.

37. What lab level (electrolyte) does lactulose affect?

38. Which insulins can be administered intravenously?

39. Why are older patients prescribed multiple medications

40. Factors that alter drug distribution in older people

41. How to help an older patient who forgets to take their medications have therapeutic levels of medication in their system

42. Ferrous sulfate and absorption-which medication helps to absorb

43. Adverse effects of Vitamin E

44. When to discontinue Ginkgo Biloba

45. Adverse effects of metoclopramide

46. Mixing of insulin

47. Generic names, Brand names

48. Therapeutic use for antiemetics

49. Adverse effects of vitamin K

50. Side effects of ace inhibitors

51. Non-pharmacological ways to treat diabetes