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Medication Routes of Administration and Medical Abbreviations | Nursing NCLEX Review

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Medication routes of administration and medical abbreviations nursing NCLEX review.

As a nurse or healthcare professional, you’ll need to know some of the common routes of medication administration, as well as abbreviations used to identify those routes.

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Before using abbreviations, it’s important to check your facility’s protocols, as abbreviation use can vary. Most healthcare facilities keep a sheet of approved abbreviations for nursing and other healthcare staff.

Some common medication administration routes/abbreviations include the following:

PO (by mouth)
NPO (nothing by mouth)
Bucc (buccal)
IV (Intravenous)
IVPB (intravenous piggyback)

NGT (Nasogastric Tube)
TD (transdermal)
ID (Intradermal)
Subq (Subcutaneous)
IO (Intraosseous)
ETT (Endotracheal tube)
Rect (Rectal)
Vag (Vaginal)
PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy)
INH (inhaled)
and more…

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Medication Abbreviations Frequencies/Orders | Medical Terminology | Nursing NCLEX Review

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Medication abbreviations for frequencies and orders: Medical terminology and nursing terminology abbreviations explained.

As a nurse, you’ll want to be familiar with common abbreviations used to administer medication. For example, what does AC and PC mean? What about BID, TID, or QID?

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In this video, you’ll learn common abbreviations, including the following medical abbreviations:

-BID
-TID
-QID
-PRN
-Ad Lib
-QHR
-Qmin
-AM
-PM
-STAT
-X
and more

These abbreviations are important to know for nursing school, nursing school exams (ATI, HESI, etc.), NCLEX, and for working on the job.

The abbreviations do sometimes get updated, so it’s important that you check with your employer before using any abbreviations. If you’re ever in doubt, write it out.

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Pharmacology Made Easy – Drug Endings (Part 1) | Picmonic Nursing Webinar

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Haldol Nursing Considerations, Side Effects, and Mechanism of Action Pharmacology for Nurses

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Haloperidol

Generic Name: haloperidol

Trade Name: Haldol

Indication: Schizophrenia, mania, aggressive and agitated patient

Action: Alters the effect of dopamine

Therapeutic Class: Antipsychotic

Pharmacologic Class: butyrophenones

Nursing Considerations
 extrapyramidal symptoms, tardive dyskinesia
 use caution in QT prolongation
 may cause seizures, constipation, dry mouth, agranulosytosis
 assess for hallucinations
 monitor hemodynamics
 monitor for neuroleptic malignant syndrome (fever, muscular rigidity, altered mental status, and autonomic dysfunction)
 monitor CBC with differential

Diabetes Mellitus Pharmacology Medications | NCLEX Nursing Lecture on Management Made Easy

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Diabetes mellitus NCLEX pharmacology medication review of the nursing care management for the diabetic patient. This will include the diabetic diet (carbs, fats, proteins), exercise regime (how to monitor glucose prior to exercise, types of exercises for the diabetic), and pharmacological management (oral medications for type 2 diabetes, insulin therapy for type 1 diabetes, and medications that cause hyperglycemia/hypoglycemia). In addition, I will cover the NCLEX highlights for oral medications, such as Sulfonylureas, Meglitinides, Biguanides, Alpha-glucoside inhibitors, and Thiazolidinedione, Insulin mnemonics for short-acting, rapid-acting, intermediate-acting, and long-acting insulin (which will include onset, peak, and duration times with a clever mnemonic). Don’t forget to watch PART 1 of this series on the patho, causes, types, complications, and nursing assessment of diabetes.

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