NR 224 FUNDAMENTALS SKILLS FINAL EXAM
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A
, NR 224 FUNDAMENTALS SKILLS FINAL EXAM
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A
A patient is in need of immediate pain relief for a severe headache. The
nurse knows that which medication will be absorbed the quickest? ---
correct answer ---Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) 4 mg IV
A drug requires a low pH to be metabolized. Knowing this, the nurse
anticipates that the medication will be administered by which route? ---
correct answer ---Oral
The nurse knows that an idiosyncratic event with the stimulant
pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) is occurring when the patient --- correct answer
---Falls asleep during daily activities.
An order is written for (phenytoin) Dilantin 500 mg IM q3-4h prn for pain.
The nurse recognizes that treatment of pain is not a standard therapeutic
indication for this drug. The nurse believes that the prescriber meant to
write for hydromorphone (Dilaudid). What should the nurse do? --- correct
answer ---Call the prescriber to clarify and justify the order.
, A patient needs assistance excreting a gaseous medication. What is the
correct nursing action? --- correct answer ---Encourage the patient to cough
and deep-breathe.
A nurse has withdrawn a narcotic from the medication dispenser. Upon
checking the drug against the medication administration record, the nurse
notices that the narcotic order has expired. What should be the nurse's first
action? --- correct answer ---Return the medication to the medication
dispenser according to protocol.
The nurse knows that patient education about a buccal medication has been
effective when the patient states --- correct answer ---"I should let the
medication dissolve completely."
What is the nurse's priority action to protect a patient from medication
error? --- correct answer ---Requesting that the prescriber write out an
order, rather than giving a verbal order
The patient is in severe pain and is requesting a prn medication before the
prn time interval has elapsed. The nurse's priority is to --- correct answer --
-Call the prescriber and request a stat order.
A patient is at risk for aspiration. What nursing action is most appropriate?
--- correct answer ---Have the patient self-administer the medication.
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A
, NR 224 FUNDAMENTALS SKILLS FINAL EXAM
NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A
A patient is in need of immediate pain relief for a severe headache. The
nurse knows that which medication will be absorbed the quickest? ---
correct answer ---Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) 4 mg IV
A drug requires a low pH to be metabolized. Knowing this, the nurse
anticipates that the medication will be administered by which route? ---
correct answer ---Oral
The nurse knows that an idiosyncratic event with the stimulant
pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) is occurring when the patient --- correct answer
---Falls asleep during daily activities.
An order is written for (phenytoin) Dilantin 500 mg IM q3-4h prn for pain.
The nurse recognizes that treatment of pain is not a standard therapeutic
indication for this drug. The nurse believes that the prescriber meant to
write for hydromorphone (Dilaudid). What should the nurse do? --- correct
answer ---Call the prescriber to clarify and justify the order.
, A patient needs assistance excreting a gaseous medication. What is the
correct nursing action? --- correct answer ---Encourage the patient to cough
and deep-breathe.
A nurse has withdrawn a narcotic from the medication dispenser. Upon
checking the drug against the medication administration record, the nurse
notices that the narcotic order has expired. What should be the nurse's first
action? --- correct answer ---Return the medication to the medication
dispenser according to protocol.
The nurse knows that patient education about a buccal medication has been
effective when the patient states --- correct answer ---"I should let the
medication dissolve completely."
What is the nurse's priority action to protect a patient from medication
error? --- correct answer ---Requesting that the prescriber write out an
order, rather than giving a verbal order
The patient is in severe pain and is requesting a prn medication before the
prn time interval has elapsed. The nurse's priority is to --- correct answer --
-Call the prescriber and request a stat order.
A patient is at risk for aspiration. What nursing action is most appropriate?
--- correct answer ---Have the patient self-administer the medication.
