Medication Administration-Errors
What are the eight rights of medication administration?
Right: Patient, Medication, dose, route, expiration, time, allergy, documentation.
Most commonly referred to as the rescue inhaler.
Albuterol
What would you do if a patient's glucose level was below 70?
Have the patient take an oral form of glucose.
What is cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) used for?
Muscle Relaxer-muscle spasms (Hiccups)
Name an Isotonic solution.
0.9 NS, or LR
What would be an example of two patient identifiers?
Name and Date of Birth
Proper way to clean the eye of a patient?
Inner to outer canthus
Many types of antibiotics can interact with this kind of medication. You would definitely want to educate your patients about this.
Birth control.
Name one medication FDA approved for long-term use in insomnia.
Ambien, Lunesta
What is the major difference between blood products vs. colloids or crystalloids?
Blood products are the only ones that carry the oxygen binding capacity.
The nurse believes the secretary typed a written order incorrectly. What is the best option for the nurse to do?
Go back to the original order and check with the order placed in the computer.
Proper way to administer an ear drop to infants or children younger than 3 years old?
Pull pinna down and back. Pinna up and back in adults.
The patient's blood cultures are back and the organism for infection has been identified. The use of antibiotics would be classified as what?
Definitive-meaning we now know the organism and can use the right antibiotic to kill the specific cause of infection.
Benzodiazepines can be used to treat any medical issues. Name one.
Sedation, relieve agitation, Sleep induction or insomnia (use short term), Skeletal muscle relaxation, Anxiety, seizure disorders, Symptoms of alcohol withdrawl, Combined with anesthesia drugs for amnesic properties
A trauma patient has lost almost 25% of his blood volume. What would the nurse anticipate giving to the patient?
PRBCS-ALMOST 25%, anemia patients. Over 25 Whole Blood.
Parental-IV, IM, Intradermal.
Tiotropium (Spiriva), an anticholinergic, should be used cautiously in which allergy in a patient?
Peanut
What common oral antidiabetic medication should be held the day and 48 hours after testing with contrast dye?
Metformin (Glucophage)
The nurse has given a benzodiazepine, the nurse knows that a common side effect for any of these medications is?
Drowsiness
Spirolactone (Aldactone) is an example of which class of medication?
Potassium-Sparing Diuretics
What is one difference between an IM injection and the Z-track method?
Z-track-1 1/2 in needle length, 0.2-0.3 mL air, Site VG, displacement of skin etc.
What is an contraindication to the use of albuterol?
Allergy, uncontrolled hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia, and run the high risk of stroke.
The nurse mixed Humulin R with NPH. When should the nurse administer the insulin?
Short acting insulin-give 30min before meal. (Rapid would be 15min before meal.)
Bulk-forming
Why should a patient with diabetes be cautious in taking a beta-blocker?
Use cautiously because beta-blockers can mask signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia in patients.