Am I right?
What are the five most common rights of medication administration?
What are right time, right route, right patient, right dose, right medication?
Be sure that you have a ________-_______ environment for patient drug preparation.
What is distraction-free?
Best response when a patient says "I don't take a blue pill".
What is stop and verify the medication is correct?
You may not crush these types of medications.
What are sustained/extended release or enteric coated?
Document patient response to _____, especially analgesics, sedatives, and antiemetics
What are PRN medications ?
Verify patient with ______ forms of identification
What is 2?
This type of lettering helps nurses avoid misreading labels.
What is TALL man leTTering?
Best response when a patient refuses an ordered medication.
What is offer education regarding rationale behind the ordered dose, then hold the med if the patient continues to refuse?
What are the desired lengths of needles used to administer a SQ dose?
What are 3/8-5/8?
A nurse should document drug administration to patient ______.
What is immediately after the medication is administered using scanning devices whenever available?
Read (check) the medication/label a minimum of _____ times for safety.
What is 3?
What are allergies?
Best response when the patient says "the Tylenol did not help my headache".
What is notify the physician that the patient may require additional pain medication?
You are asked to double check a heparin dose adjustment. You should always
What is complete your own calculations?
Never _______ _______ that another nurse has prepared.
What is "administer medications"?
How to validate the dose of certain high-risk drugs, including insulin and heparin administered intravenously.
What is double check medication and dose with a second licensed person?
Nurses need to know this when watching for an adverse drug event (ADE)
What is onset, peak, and duration of medication absorption and action?
Best response when a patient complains of difficulty swallowing.
What is hold all PO medications and discuss changing route until a swallow evaluation can be completed.
What is the desired length of a needle used to administer an IM injection?
What is 1 to 1 1/2 inch?
The last line of defense for the patient.
Who is the nurse?
Use of military time reduces
What are the wrong time errors?
What is touch the medication ?
Reason the nurse obtains a complete list of home medications for those admitted to the hospital.
What is for accurate medication reconciliation?
This must be done to avoid contamination before drawing any medication into a syringe.
What is clean the top of the vial with alcohol?
Always do this to prevent needle sticks.
What is activate the safety with the thumb?