1. Unit14 Medication Cui Jin-Bo Department of Respiratory Medicine
West China Hospital Sichuan University

2. Outline
Routes for administration Factors influence medication

3. Objectives
List the route for medication administration Describe the contents of assessment Speak out the key points for discharged patients

4. Routes for administration
oral , inhalation, injection, vaginal, rectal
Parenteral medications are given through injection
With a needle.
parenteral— adj.胃肠外的
enteral — adj. 肠的

5. Routes for administration
Rectal
Inhalation
Sublingual
Administration
Intramuscular
injection
Hypodermic
Injection
Oral
Skin

6. Routes for administration
Inhalation administration
injection
Oral administration
Rectal administration

7. Injection
intra
dermal
subcutaneous
intra
muscular
intra
venous

8. Word formation-prefix
intra
oral
口腔内的
intra
cardiac
心脏内的
intra
dermal
皮肤的
hypodermal
皮下的

9. Nursing assessment adherence to 坚持 e.g.
Should full adherence be a necessary goal in
schizophrenia? Full versus non-full adherence to
antipsychotic treatment.

10. Nursing assessment be compliant with 依从… Drug dependence and misuse
药物依赖与滥用
Medication regimen 药物方案
recurrence of symptoms 症状复发

11. Nursing assessment prescribed adj. 规定的 prescription n. 处方 处方药
Clients continue a prescribed medication at home.
prescribed adj. 规定的
prescription n. 处方 处方药
-script =write, 写
v. 征兵
conscript

12. Nursing assessment
over-the-counter drugs OTC

13. Have a try Mrs.Benet,age 80-year-old,hypertensive,is taking lisnopril
(Prinivil Zestril)20mg per day. A home care nurse provides
medication instructions to her. Which statement, if made
by the client, indicates that further teaching is necessary?
“I’ll take the pill after breakfast each day”
“I need to change my position slowly”
“If I get a bad headache, I should call my doctor immediately”
“I can skip a dose once a week”