AMSA 104 Advanced Nursing Unit 1
What is a medication? - answer an approved therapeutic agent applied to or introduced
to the body that produces a local or systemic physiologic effect
What is medication used for? - answer treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of a
disease
What U.S. government entity enforces medication laws that ensure that all medications
on the market endure robust testing before they are sold to the public? - answer Food
and Drug Administration (FDA)
What do the laws enforced by the FDA control? - answer Sales and distribution
Naming and Labeling
Use of controlled substances
What list produced by the FDA is updated annually for hospitals and related industries?
- answer Approved Drug List (ADL)
What part of the Department of Justice was established to enforce federal laws
regarding the use of illegal drugs? - answer Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
What designates the placement of a drug or substance on a controlled substance list? -
answerControlled Substances Act (CSA)
How many sections of controlled substances have been set forth by the CSA? -
answer5 sections
What is a Schedule I substance? - answerHighest potential for Abuse
Includes heroin, ecstasy, and marijuana
What is a Schedule II substance? - answerHigh potential for abuse
Accepted for medical use with severe restrictions
Includes cocaine, oxycodone, codeine, morphine
What is a Schedule III substance? - answerPotential for abuse is less than Schedule I &
II
Accepted for medical use
Narcotics and Stimulants (Tylenol with codeine, vicodin, testosterone)
What is a Schedule IV substance? - answerLow potential for abuse
Accepted for medical use
Minor tranquilizers and hypnotics
, Includes Valium, Rohypnol, Ambien, Xanax
What is a Schedule V substance? - answerLow potential for abuse
Accepted for medical use
Narcotics
Includes cough medicine with limited quantity of codeine, Lyrica
What is diagnostic medication use? - answerhelps to determine the cause of a particular
health problem (injecting antigen serum for allergy testing)
What is palliative medication use? - answerprovides relief from pain or symptoms
related to a disorder (Zyrtec for allergies)
What is prophylactic medication use? - answerprevents the occurrence of a condition
(Provera to prevent pregnancy)
What is replacement medication use? - answera substance needed to maintain health
(insulin for diabetics, Synthroid for patients with hypothyroidism)
What is therapeutic medication use? - answertreats a disorder and cures it (antibiotics
for bacterial infection)
What is an aerosol medication? - answerAqueous medication sprayed and absorbed in
mouth and upper airway; not meant for ingestion
What is a caplet? - answerSolid dosage form for oral use; shaped like capsule and
coated for ease of swallowing
What is a capsule? - answera solid dosage form for oral use; medication in powder,
liquid, or oil form and encased by gelatin shell; colored to aid in identification
What is an enteric coated tablet? - answera tablet for oral use coated with material that
do not dissolve in stomach; coating dissolves in the intestine where medication is
absorbed
What is an extract medication? - answera very concentrated combination of vegetable
products and alcohol/ether that are evaporated until a syrupy liquid, a solid mass, or
powder is formed
What is a liniment? - answerA preparation usually containing alcohol, oil or soapy
emollient that is applied to the skin
What is a lotion? - answerSemiliquid suspension that usually protects, cools, or
cleanses skin
What is a medication? - answer an approved therapeutic agent applied to or introduced
to the body that produces a local or systemic physiologic effect
What is medication used for? - answer treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of a
disease
What U.S. government entity enforces medication laws that ensure that all medications
on the market endure robust testing before they are sold to the public? - answer Food
and Drug Administration (FDA)
What do the laws enforced by the FDA control? - answer Sales and distribution
Naming and Labeling
Use of controlled substances
What list produced by the FDA is updated annually for hospitals and related industries?
- answer Approved Drug List (ADL)
What part of the Department of Justice was established to enforce federal laws
regarding the use of illegal drugs? - answer Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
What designates the placement of a drug or substance on a controlled substance list? -
answerControlled Substances Act (CSA)
How many sections of controlled substances have been set forth by the CSA? -
answer5 sections
What is a Schedule I substance? - answerHighest potential for Abuse
Includes heroin, ecstasy, and marijuana
What is a Schedule II substance? - answerHigh potential for abuse
Accepted for medical use with severe restrictions
Includes cocaine, oxycodone, codeine, morphine
What is a Schedule III substance? - answerPotential for abuse is less than Schedule I &
II
Accepted for medical use
Narcotics and Stimulants (Tylenol with codeine, vicodin, testosterone)
What is a Schedule IV substance? - answerLow potential for abuse
Accepted for medical use
Minor tranquilizers and hypnotics
, Includes Valium, Rohypnol, Ambien, Xanax
What is a Schedule V substance? - answerLow potential for abuse
Accepted for medical use
Narcotics
Includes cough medicine with limited quantity of codeine, Lyrica
What is diagnostic medication use? - answerhelps to determine the cause of a particular
health problem (injecting antigen serum for allergy testing)
What is palliative medication use? - answerprovides relief from pain or symptoms
related to a disorder (Zyrtec for allergies)
What is prophylactic medication use? - answerprevents the occurrence of a condition
(Provera to prevent pregnancy)
What is replacement medication use? - answera substance needed to maintain health
(insulin for diabetics, Synthroid for patients with hypothyroidism)
What is therapeutic medication use? - answertreats a disorder and cures it (antibiotics
for bacterial infection)
What is an aerosol medication? - answerAqueous medication sprayed and absorbed in
mouth and upper airway; not meant for ingestion
What is a caplet? - answerSolid dosage form for oral use; shaped like capsule and
coated for ease of swallowing
What is a capsule? - answera solid dosage form for oral use; medication in powder,
liquid, or oil form and encased by gelatin shell; colored to aid in identification
What is an enteric coated tablet? - answera tablet for oral use coated with material that
do not dissolve in stomach; coating dissolves in the intestine where medication is
absorbed
What is an extract medication? - answera very concentrated combination of vegetable
products and alcohol/ether that are evaporated until a syrupy liquid, a solid mass, or
powder is formed
What is a liniment? - answerA preparation usually containing alcohol, oil or soapy
emollient that is applied to the skin
What is a lotion? - answerSemiliquid suspension that usually protects, cools, or
cleanses skin
