Nursing Skills Exam 2 Review Questions with Complete Solutions
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Course
Applied nursing
Institution
Applied Nursing
A nursing student is administering ampicillin PO. The expiration date on the medication wrapper was yesterday. What is the appropriate action for the nursing student to take next?
A. Ask the nursing professor for advice
B. Return the medication to pharmacy and get another tablet
C. Call t...
Nursing Skills Exam 2 Review Questions
with Complete Solutions
A nursing student is administering ampicillin PO. The expiration date on the medication
wrapper was yesterday. What is the appropriate action for the nursing student to take
next?
A. Ask the nursing professor for advice
B. Return the medication to pharmacy and get another tablet
C. Call the health care provider after discussing this situation with the charge nurse
D. Administer the medication since medications are good for 30 days after their
expiration date - Answer-B. Return the medication to pharmacy and get another tablet
What statement made by a 24-year-old patient's mother indicates that she understands
how to administer her son's eardrops?
A."To straighten his ear canal, I need to pull the outside part of his ear down and back."
B."I need to straighten his ear canal before administering the medication by pulling his
ear upward and outward."
C."I need to put my son in a chair and make sure that he's sitting up with his head tilted
back before I give him the eardrops."
D."After I'm done giving him his eardrops, I need to make sure that my son remains
sitting straight up for at least 10 minutes." - Answer-B."I need to straighten his ear canal
before administering the medication by pulling his ear upward and outward."
The nurse is administering an intravenous (IV) push medication to a patient who has a
compatible IV fluid running through intravenous tubing. Place the following steps in the
appropriate order. 1. Release tubing and inject medication within amount of time
recommended by agency policy, pharmacist, or medication reference manual. Use
watch to time administration. 2. Select injection port of intravenous (IV) tubing closest to
patient. Whenever possible, injection port should accept a needleless syringe. Use IV
filter if required by medication reference or agency policy. 3. After injecting medication,
release tubing, withdraw syringe, and recheck fluid infusion rate. 4. Connect syringe to
port of intravenous (IV) line. Insert needleless tip or small-gauge needle of syringe
containing prepared drug through center of injection port. 5. Clean injection port with
antiseptic swab. Allow to dry. 6. Occlude intravenous (IV) lin - Answer-D. 2, 5, 4, 6, 1, 3
, A pediatric nurse takes a medication to a 12-year-old female patient. The patient tells
the nurse to take it away because she is not going to take it. What is the nurse's next
action?
A. Ask the patient's reason for refusal
B. Consult with the patient's parents for advice
C. Take the medication away and chart the patient's refusal
D. Tell the patient that her health care provider knows what is best for her - Answer-A.
Ask the patient's reason for refusal
A nurse accidently gives a patient the medications that were ordered for the patient's
roommate. What is the nurse's first priority?
A. Complete an occurrence report.
B. Notify the health care provider.
C. Inform the charge nurse of the error.
D. Assess the patient for adverse effects. - Answer-D. Assess the patient for adverse
effects.
A child is taking albuterol through a pressurized metered-dose inhaler (pMDI) that
contains a total of 64 puffs. The dose is 2 puffs every 6 hours. How many days will the
pMDI last? ___________days. - Answer-8 Days
After receiving an intramuscular (IM) injection in the deltoid, a patient states, "My arm
really hurts. It's burning and tingling where I got my injection. What should the nurse do
next?
Select all that apply.
1.Assess the injection site
2.Administer an oral medication for pain
3.Notify the patient's health care provider of assessment findings
4.Document assessment findings and related interventions in the patient's medical
record
5.This is a normal finding so nothing needs to be done
6.Apply ice to the site for relief of burning pain - Answer-1, 3, 4
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