Medication & Safety
What are the basic rights of medication administration?
What is right patient, medication, dose, routine, time and documentation
This is the only part of the human body that has no blood supply.
What is the cornea?
This essential assessment takes place immediately when an inmate first arrives to identify acute medical, mental health, or dental needs.
What is a receiving/intake screening?
BID means medication is taken this many times a day.
What is twice a day?
This law defines the legal scope of nursing practice and protects the public.
What is the Nurse Practice Act?
The MAR does not match the providers medication order. What should you do?
Hold the medication until the discrepancy is clarified according to facility policy
Goosebumps are caused by tiny muscles attached to these structures.
What are hair follicles?
This fundamental rule dictates that a nurse must never give personal information, accept gifts, or show favoritism to an inmate.
What is maintaining professional boundaries?
PRN means medication is given this way.
What is as needed?
Practical nursing programs prepare students to provide this type of care
What is direct patient care?
You find an inmate unresponsive, what is your first priority?
Ensure the scene is safe, activate the emergency response process, assess the patient, and begin emergency care within your scope and protocol.
This organ uses approximately 20% of the body’s oxygen at rest.
What is the brain?
This “fifth vital sign” is commonly assessed using a 0-to-10 scale.
What is pain?
NPO means the patient should have nothing by this route.
What is by mouth?
Practical nurses provide care under the supervision of these professionals.
Who are RNs, physicians, or dentists?
What opioid reversal medication is kept readily available and is administered via nasal cannula?
What is Narcan.
This is the medical term for a nosebleed.
What is epistaxis?
How do you document that you order glasses and what do you check to see if they were ordered?
What is document on the clinical encounter (admin note)
STAT means something should be done this way.
What is immediately?
The Nurse Practice Act primarily exists to protect this group
Who is the public?
True or False
You can document a medication as given before you actually administer it
FALSE
This “funny bone” is actually a nerve, not a bone.
What is the ulnar nerve?
What document should be signed when offender refuses any medical care?
What is medical refusal form
The abbreviation “brady-” refers to this.
What is slow?
In a correctional setting, a nurse must never agree to perform this security-based task
What is a body cavity search (or strip search)?