Author Question: While checking the medications in your unit's drug box, you identify the medication, meperidine ... (Read 45 times)

stock · **on:** Jul 3, 2018

While checking the medications in your unit's drug box, you identify the medication, meperidine hydrochloride, USP. You recognize this as the drugs:

a. Chemical name
b. Official name
c. Trade name
d. Generic name

Question 2

A method of estimating the body surface area burned by a division of the body into regions is known as the:

A) burn depth. B) rule of nines. C) Parkland formula. D) secondary survey.

missalyssa26 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 3, 2018

Answer to Question 1

b
Rationale: a.chemical name precisely describes the medications atomic and molecular structure
b. The official name of a drug is followed by the letters USP indicating that it is in the official formulary of the United States.
c. A trade name of a drug is the name a manufacturer gives a drug and is registered.
d. The generic name, while similar to the official name does not have USP following it.

Answer to Question 2

B