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That pill is not the right color?
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Its the policy.......
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Many health care facilities have policies governing timely administration of medications, for example, that no medication be given more that ______hour before or _____hour after its scheduled administration time.
What is 1 hour before or 1 hour after
100
Medication errors to occure. Any medication error, whether of omission or commission, must be?
What is reported to the health care provider as soon as it is noted and an incident report must be completed
100
What would you instruct the client when administering a throat lozenge?
What is allow it to dissolve it entirely in the mouth
100
What are the common sites used for subcutaneous injections?
What is lateral aspect of the upper arm, the anterior thigh, the abdomen, the scap0ula area, the upper ventral gluteal area
100
Name the sites for Z-track IM injections:
What is ventrogluteal and dorsogluteal,
200
True or false. A nurse may leave a medication at the bedside to be taken later if when an alert, cooperative client is talking on the telephone?
What is False
200
If a client is unable to swallow a large capsule ordered, the nurse should?
What is consult the health care provider to prescribe administration by another route
200
Before delivering a drug through an enteral tube, it is MOST important for the nurse to?
What is Check the tube placement
200
Subcutaneous injections for a client of average weight are administered at what angle?
What is 45-degree angle
200
How is medication administered to a client using the Z-track technique of injection?
What is The skin is pulled to one side, and the needle is inserted at a 90-degree angle
300
Guidelines used by nurses for safe administration of medications include administering only medications that have been ____________________________________?
What is personally prefpared
300
The nurse is preparing to give a client a sublingual medication. What amount of water should be given for proper administration?
What is none
300
When a nurse is preparing an injection from an ampule, what action should be taken before administering the medication to a client?
What is Use a filter needle/straw to draw from the ampule then change the needle before administering to the client
300
The maximum amount of medication that can be administered subcutaneously is?
What is 1.5ml
300
Before administering a bag of intravenous (IV) fluid, a nurse should confirm the type of amount of solution in the medical record and then do what?
What is Ensure the integrity of the bag
400
The client refuses a scheduled medication. Documentation on the client's medication administration record (MAR)should be completed by:
What is circling the dosage time, citing the exact reason for withholding the medication, and initialing the the entry
400
Medication placed between the gum and jaw, this route is called?
What is buccal
400
An intradermal injection given to an adult is administered at what angle?
What is 10-15 degree angle
400
At what angle would the nurse insert the needle to administer medication intramuscular?
What is 90-degree
400
What venipuncture sites are preferable to use when initiating IV therapy?
What is most distal end of a normal forearm, hand, or foot
500
The graduate nurse is aware that the count of the unit's narcotics and controlled substances at the change of shifts should involve:
What is one nurse who is going off duty and one nurse coming on duty
500
Before administering a dose of liquid suspension medication, the nurse should?
What is shake the bottle vigorously
500
What needle and syringe should be used for an intradermal injection?
What is 25-gauge needle, tuberculin syringe (1ml)
500
What sites can be used safely for intramuscular injections?
What is dorsogluteal, ventrogluiteal, deltoid, and vastus lateralis muscles
500
True or False. When IV therapy is initiated for a client, it is necessary for the nurse to document the age of client and company producing the solution.
What is False. documentation should include the date, time, venipuncture site, number of attempts made, amount and type of fluid and equipment used, and how client tolerated procedure.
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