Medication Administration
Medication labels should be checked against the order at these three times.
What are:
The hollow space inside a needle.
What is the lumen?
Meat, fish, eggs, dairy, quinoa, and chia seeds are examples of these.
What are complete proteins?
Crash carts should be inventoried after each use and at least this often.
What is monthly?
Another name for the bicuspid valve.
What is the mitral valve?
This right ensures the medication is being given to the correct individual.
What is the right patient?
The recommended needle for an adult receiving an aqueous IM injection in the vastus lateralis.
What is a 1½ inch, 23 gauge needle?
This food would NOT be allowed on a clear liquid diet.
What is juice with pulp?
The device that analyzes heart rhythm and instructs rescuers when a shock is needed.
What is an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)?
This chamber sends oxygenated blood into the body's largest artery.
What is the left ventricle sending blood into the aorta?
Two identifiers that must be verified before administering medication.
What are full name and date of birth?
The syringe and needle commonly used for intradermal injections.
1 mL syringe with a ½ inch, 27 gauge needle?
Screening age when colon cancer testing typically begins.
What is 45 years old?
Moving to a cool area, drinking sports beverages, avoiding alcohol, and taking a cool shower are treatments for this condition.
What is heat exhaustion?
The ECG electrode considered the ground electrode.
What is the right leg electrode?
A patient has the legal ability to exercise this right even if the medication is ordered.
What is the right to refuse?
When two intradermal injections are administered, they should be separated by at least this distance.
What is 2 inches
Health maintenance coaching includes providing information on routine screenings and this self examination technique.
What is a breast self exam?
During anaphylaxis, this medication is commonly administered.
What is epinephrine?
This precordial lead is placed at the 5th intercostal space on the midclavicular line.
What is V4?
Several patient rights checked before medication administration include patient, education, refusal, and this concept.
What is all patient medication rights?
Patients return during this time frame after a Mantoux TST.
What is 48 to 72 hours?
During the denial stage of grief, patients benefit from receiving these.
What are educational handouts about the disease and treatment?
Four actions used in managing musculoskeletal injuries.
What are:
An event recorder may be worn for up to this length of time to capture symptoms.
What is 30 days?