Prepare and Administer Medications and Injectables - Nonparenteral Routes

Vocabulary flashcards covering parenteral and nonparenteral routes of medication administration based on the provided General Patient Care lecture notes.

Parenteral medication administration

Non-oral administration where medication is generally injected directly into the body, bypassing the gastrointestinal tract.

Nonparenteral administration

Also called enteral administration; oral medication given by the mouth delivered to the gastrointestinal tract.

Oral route

Medication taken by mouth.

Sublingual route

Medication placed under the tongue.

Buccal route

Medication placed between the cheek and gums resulting in rapid absorption.

Inhalation route

Medication inhaled through the mouth, passing through the trachea into the lungs; or inhaled through the nose and absorbed through the nasal mucous membrane.

Ocular administration

Drops of medication instilled directly into the eye.

Otic administration

Drops of medication instilled directly into the ear.

Transdermal route

Medication applied to the skin and designed to release slowly and systemically into circulation, administered in an adhesive patch in a single layer drug, multi-layer drug, drug in resevoir, or drug matrix.