QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Medications DATA. Answer: Drugs should be administered within
one hour after they are prepared; Consultant pharmacist is
responsible to ensure drug records are in order and accounted for;
Residents have right to self administer drugs if approved by
interdisciplinary team (IDT); If a medication has a stop order - the
nurse must notify the physician before the last dose is administered
◉ What goes on a drug label. Answer: Resident name, drug name,
dosage, mode of administration, and how often to take
◉ What is PO/NPO. Answer: PO - by mouth/NPO - not by mouth
◉ What is a Drug Holiday. Answer: Drug holiday is intentionally not
providing a prescribed dose to lower concentration of drug in body
◉ What is a Levin tube. Answer: Levin tube is a naso-gastric tube
◉ Schedule 1 drugs. Answer: Schedule 1 drugs are illegal narcotics
and not allowed in facility
, ◉ Schedule II drugs. Answer: Schedule II drugs cannot be refilled
without a physicians new prescription
◉ What is Bedfast. Answer: Bedfast means being confined to a bed
all of the time within the past 7 days
◉ What is ROM. Answer: ROM means range of motion
◉ What is Aphasia. Answer: difficulty speaking
◉ What is Dysphasia. Answer: difficulty swallowing
◉ What is Glaucoma. Answer: Glaucoma is where fluid in the eye
builds up pressure in the optic nerve causing intense pain and
blindness
◉ ostomy bag. Answer: Connects to the colon through the stomach
wall.
◉ OBRA 1987 DATA. Answer: This categorizes resident rights: 1.
assumed that you will keep the resident clean 2. maintain each
resident's highest practical physical, mental and psychosocial well
being and minimize decline 3. homelike and de-emphasizes the
institutional look 4. Quality assurance committee must meet