Brand name
The short, easy to remember name of drug
Topical route
The route by which medicines are applied to the skin
Side effect
Occurs when unintended outcome of a medication took place
Therapeutic level
Amount of medicine in the blood necessary to cause the desired effects on target organs
Chemical name
The exact ingredients of a medication
Oral route
Route by which medications are take through the mouth, buccal or sublingual
Toxicity
Too much medication in the body
Desired effect
The reason a medication is prescribed
Over-the-counter (OTC) medication
medications available without prescriptions
Generic name
A shorthanded version of a drug's chemical name as signed by the U.S Adopted Name Council (USANC)
Prescription medication
Available with a written direction from a health-care provider with prescriptive authority
Parenteral route
All medications given beneath the skin are administered via.
Mucosal route
When medications are applied through the rectum, vagina, eye, or ear or are inhaled into the lungs
Adverse Effect
Unintended effects that are more severe or harmful than side effects
Allergic reaction
Occurs when a patient's body reacts to a medication as a foreign invader to be destroyed
Physicians desk reference (PDR)
A comprehensive book that contains detailed information about large number of medications, containing the same information as the drug package inserts.
Nursing drug guide (NDG)
A drug reference book designed specifically for nurses
Product information center
The document that lists the patients medications and the time they are to be given, on which the nurse initials administration of the drugs
7 rights of medication administration
Right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation, right indication
Medication effects
desired allergic adverse antiflatic toxic