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| the ingredient in a drug that produces the therapeutic effect |
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| a small, sealed glass container holding medication for injection |
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| automated despensing system |
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| such as the most common system. pyxis, is used to provide access to medications configured to meet a specific facility such as a patient care facility, surgery center, or physician's office 24 hours a day |
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| keeping records of all patient care on appropriate forms |
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| order transmited via computer |
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| the amount of a drug in a certain amount of liquid |
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drugs regulated by by the controlled substance act
because of their potential for abuse |
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| coated with a substance that dissolves in the intestine but not in the stomach (entric-pertaining to the small intestine) |
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| date after which a drug should not be used |
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| order transmitted through the facsimile machine |
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| a form used for giving information about a drug error, patient injury, or accident |
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| replacement of a tube into a vein for the purpose of slowly adding fluids to the body(e.g.,dextrose, plasma); also known as intravenous (IV) drip |
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| administration of drugs by way of droplets or mist that the patient breathes in |
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| placement of an object into a body cavity(e.g., putting a suppository into the rectum) |
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| placement of drops of liquid into the eyes,ears, nose, or some other body cavity |
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| rinsing of a body cavity with water or other soltion |
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| portable card file listing daily medication orders for all patients on a unit |
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Medication administration record |
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| form documenting drugs that are administered to a particular patient every day; each dose is checked off after it is given |
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| movable unit for dispensing medications |
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| form for charting observations, stat and prn medications, and special treatments given |
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| patient who is not hospitalized; a walk-in (ambulatory) patient |
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| a permanent record of care received |
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| a form decribing the development of a patient's symptoms and the course of the disease |
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| pharmacy requisition form |
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| form on which to order supplies and medications from the pharmacy |
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| form for writing medication orders, located in the patient chart |
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problem-interventions-evaluations method of charting
(coconut banana cream please) |
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| problem-oriented medical record |
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| form in which a drug is available; determines route of administration |
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| drug order to administer a drug as needed |
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| drug order by which the ordered drug is administered until a discontinuation order is written or until a specified termination date is reached |
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| structured plan for charting; standards for subjective-objective-assessment-plan |
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| capable of being disolved |
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| liquid containing a dissolved drug |
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| drug order that is to be continued until further noticed |
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| a single drug order that is administered immediately |
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| liquid containing undissolved particals of a drug |
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| type of verbal order that is communicated via telephone |
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| order that is expressed orally and not written down |
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| small, glass, single dose or multiple-dose, vacuum-sealed container with a rubber seal that must be punctured with a needle to fill a syringe for injection |
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