Medication Safety
The Rights
Administration
Nursing Responsibilities
Medications
100
Prior to administering a medication, a nurse should do this.
What is go through her 6 rights.
100
The medication must have one of these one it prior to administering it?
What is a label
100
You must do this with your patient prior to medicating them.
What is state two patient identifiers?
100
While administering a medication, it is important that the nurse do this.
What is only administer medications they have prepared.
100
Medications generally have two of these.
What are names: generic and brand name
200
When drawing up medications in a syringe, you would do this immediately.
What is label it.
200
The MAR and the physician's order must match this based on the paitent's history.
What is the right dose?
200
It is important to identify these prior to administration.
What are the 6 rights of medication administration?
200
When a nurse gets distracted and called out of a room when administering medications,it is important that they do not do this.
What is leave medications at the bedside.
200
Medications are called this when they are similar.
What is look alike/ sound alike medicaitons.
300
The MAR must be documented with these three things
What is time, date and intials of administrator
300
The insulin is ordered AC and QHS.
What is the right times of insulin dosing?
300
When the nurse recognizes an error, she must do this?
What is check the order in the MAR and compare it to the physician's order in the chart?
300
When an IV pump is used, it is important that the nurse still do this.
What is calculate the correct dose and time of the medication to be administered.
300
The nurse needs to know this about every medication that is administered to her patient.
What are side effects.
400
These account for 7000 deaths in hospitals every year.
What are medication errors
400
A nurse has to determine if her patient can tolerate this?
What is the right route of administration?
400
When a nurse can not administer a medication she must do this to the order.
What is initial it and state that it was not given?
400
It is important that the nurse do this prior to every medication adminsitration process.
What is wash their hands.
400
The total ml to be delivered by an IM injection.
What is 3ml.
500
Hospitals decide which abbreviations are accurate to use. True or False
What is false?
500
These are the 6 rights of medication administration.
What is patient, medication, time, route, dose, and documentation.
500
The patient can no longer swallow a pill, the nurse must do this with the physician's approval.
What is change the route of adminsitration?
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