Medication Administration – Exam ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Medication Administration – Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
10 rights in medication administration - Correct answers✔✔1. right medication

2. right dose

3. right time

4. right route

5. right client

6. right assessment

7. right client education

8. right documentation

9. right to refuse

10. right evaluation



Purpose of 10 rights - Correct answers✔✔Prevent medication errors and maintain patient safety



Administering medications using ENTERAL ROUTE - Correct answers✔✔(enteral- inserted in
GI tract)

Nasogastric tube

Gastrostomy tube

Jejunostomy tube

Small-bore feeding tube



rectal - Correct answers✔✔still considered enteral because it's part of GI tract

insert 1", with water-based lubricant; but the action of rectal is considered percutaneous.

, What comes to mind when you see a patient with NGT, PEG or J-Tube - Correct
answers✔✔patient is unable to swallow



PARENTERAL ROUTE - Correct answers✔✔IM

ID

SQ

IV



IM - Correct answers✔✔Length: 1- 1 ½ inches

Gauge: 20- 22

Angle: 90 degrees

Sites: deltoid, ventrogluteal, vastus lateralis

Amount: 2 - 5mL in larger muscle

Immunizations: 23-25 gauge 5/8"



ID - Correct answers✔✔Length: 5/8 inches

Gauge: 23-25

Angle: 5-15 degrees (bevel up)

Sites: inner aspect of forearm, upper back

bleb/wheal

U-500: 1mL tuberculin 25 - 27 gauge, 1/2 - 5/8"



SQ - Correct answers✔✔Length: *5/8* inches or 1/2 inches (3/8 to 5/8)

Gauge: 23-*25* (25-27)