Pharmacology Nurse 3050 Abram's Clinical Drug Therapy Chapter
3 Medication Administration and Nursing Process of Drug Therapy
PHARM || Zero Flaw on Answers.
Five Rights of Medication correct answers Right drug, right dose, right patient, right route, right
time.
Nursing Process correct answers The systemic way of gathering and using info to plan
individualized care.
Is necessary to provide optimal care.
A physician writes an order using the abbreviation MS. The order states "MS 10 mg IV push
every 6 hours as needed for pain." According to The Joint Commission's "Do Not Use" list, what
is the potential problem in this order? correct answers The drug could be magnesium sulfate, or
morphine sulfate.
A prescriber has written an order for an oral medication to a patient following a cerebrovascular
accident (stroke). Prior to administering the medication, which of the following nursing
interventions is most important?
-Assessing the patient's blood pressure and pulse.
-Assessing the patient's ability to swallow. correct answers "Assessing the patient's ability to
swallow."
A client who has had a cerebrovascular accident can suffer from dysphagia, the inability to
swallow. Te nurse must assess the client's ability to swallow prior to administering an oral
medication. If the client has dysphagia and the medication is administered, the client is at risk for
aspiration and pneumonia.
, When Giving Medications, What Is The Nurse Legally Responsible For? correct answers Safe
and accurate administration. The nurse may be held liable for not giving a drug, for giving the
wrong drug, or for giving the wrong dose.
What Should A Nurse Do If A Drug Seems Unsafe, But The Physician States That It Is? correct
answers The nurse should refuse to give the drug -- even if the doctor wrote an erroneous order
for the medication, the nurse is not excused from legal liability for giving the drug.
Specific Drugs Associated With ADE's correct answers Insulin, heparin, and warfarin.
ADE's correct answers Adverse drug events.
NCCMERP Index for Categorizing Medication Errors correct answers Index that ranks from A to
I in the severity of a medication error.
Rank A are circumstances that may cause errors, Rank I are errors that have caused patient death.
A prescriber has written an order for levothyroxine sodium 50 mg per day by mouth. The nurse
knows that the standard dose is 50 mcg. What action should the nurse take?
-Call the prescriber and question the order.
-Administer 50 mcg instead.
-Consult the pharmacist about the order.
-Ask the patient what he or she usually takes. correct answers "Call the prescriber and question
the order."
3 Medication Administration and Nursing Process of Drug Therapy
PHARM || Zero Flaw on Answers.
Five Rights of Medication correct answers Right drug, right dose, right patient, right route, right
time.
Nursing Process correct answers The systemic way of gathering and using info to plan
individualized care.
Is necessary to provide optimal care.
A physician writes an order using the abbreviation MS. The order states "MS 10 mg IV push
every 6 hours as needed for pain." According to The Joint Commission's "Do Not Use" list, what
is the potential problem in this order? correct answers The drug could be magnesium sulfate, or
morphine sulfate.
A prescriber has written an order for an oral medication to a patient following a cerebrovascular
accident (stroke). Prior to administering the medication, which of the following nursing
interventions is most important?
-Assessing the patient's blood pressure and pulse.
-Assessing the patient's ability to swallow. correct answers "Assessing the patient's ability to
swallow."
A client who has had a cerebrovascular accident can suffer from dysphagia, the inability to
swallow. Te nurse must assess the client's ability to swallow prior to administering an oral
medication. If the client has dysphagia and the medication is administered, the client is at risk for
aspiration and pneumonia.
, When Giving Medications, What Is The Nurse Legally Responsible For? correct answers Safe
and accurate administration. The nurse may be held liable for not giving a drug, for giving the
wrong drug, or for giving the wrong dose.
What Should A Nurse Do If A Drug Seems Unsafe, But The Physician States That It Is? correct
answers The nurse should refuse to give the drug -- even if the doctor wrote an erroneous order
for the medication, the nurse is not excused from legal liability for giving the drug.
Specific Drugs Associated With ADE's correct answers Insulin, heparin, and warfarin.
ADE's correct answers Adverse drug events.
NCCMERP Index for Categorizing Medication Errors correct answers Index that ranks from A to
I in the severity of a medication error.
Rank A are circumstances that may cause errors, Rank I are errors that have caused patient death.
A prescriber has written an order for levothyroxine sodium 50 mg per day by mouth. The nurse
knows that the standard dose is 50 mcg. What action should the nurse take?
-Call the prescriber and question the order.
-Administer 50 mcg instead.
-Consult the pharmacist about the order.
-Ask the patient what he or she usually takes. correct answers "Call the prescriber and question
the order."
