Medication Administration NCLEX Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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Medication administration
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Medication Administration
Medication Administration NCLEX
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What is the best way for the nurse to make sure that the right patient is
receiving a prescribed drug when the patient is alert and oriented?
a. ask the patient to state his or her name
b. check the patient's wrist band
c. lo...
Medication Administration NCLEX
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What is the best way for the nurse to make sure that the right patient is
receiving a prescribed drug when the patient is alert and oriented?
a. ask the patient to state his or her name
b. check the patient's wrist band
c. look at the patients chart
d. have the patient state his or her name and birth date. - Answer✔️✔️-d.
have the patient state his or her name and birth date.
when is it acceptable for the nurse to take a verbal order from the
prescriber before giving a drug to a patient?
a. during the night shift when the prescriber is not at the hospital
b. in an emergency situation such as a cardiac arrest
c. when a patient is experiencing severe pain
d. at any time it is necessary - Answer✔️✔️-b. in an emergency situation
such as a cardiac arrest
The nurse is giving morning medications to patient who refuses to take an
oral dose of docusate (Colace).What is the nurse's best response?
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a. your prescriber ordered that you must take this drug twice a day.
b. docusate will soften your bowel movements so that you do not strain
c. this drug will help prevent constipation while you are on bed rest.
d. can you tell me why you do not want to take the docusate? - Answer✔️✔️-
d. can you tell me why you do not want to take the docusate?
what is the most important role of the nurse in preventing drug errors?
a. always checking the patient's diagnosis before giving a drug
b. always following the "six rights" of drug administration
c. being the one defense for detecting and preventing drug errors
d. being most likely to detect a drug error that has occurred. - Answer✔️✔️-
b. always following the "six rights" of drug administration
The prescriber orders atenolol (Tenormin) 25 mg to be given orally once a
day to control a patients high blood pressure. The nurse takes the patient's
vital signs and finds that the blood pressure is 128/80 and the heart rate is
60 b/m. What does the nurse do first before giving this drug?
a. check the order for prescriber limitations on when the drug should be
given
b. notify the prescriber and ask if the drug should be given
c. reassess the blood pressure and heart rate in 30 minutes
d. give the drug exactly as prescribed. - Answer✔️✔️-a. check the order for
prescriber limitations on when the drug should be given
A patient is to receive nitroglycerin ointment, 1 inch STAT, for elevated
blood pressure. What must the nurse do before giving this drug?
a. shave the hair off the patient's chest
b. place the patient on a heart monitor
c. put on a pair of disposable gloves
d. measure the dose directly on the patient's skin. - Answer✔️✔️-c. put on a
pair of disposable gloves
A sublingual drug is administered by placing the drug in what part of the
body?
a. between the cheek and the upper jaw
b. under the tongue
c. in the nose
d. in the eyes - Answer✔️✔️-b. under the tongue
What administration technique does the nurse use to give a 2 yr old child
ear drops?
a. pull the earlobe down and back
b. pull the earlobe up and out
c. keep the earlobe straight
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