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Test Bank - Abrams’ Clinical Drug Therapy: Rationales for
Nursing Practice, 13th Edition (Frandsen, 2025), Chapter 1-61
| All Chapters | 9781975222321


Five Rights of Medication - ANSWER: Right drug, right dose, right patient, right route, right time.

Nursing Process - ANSWER: 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? - ANSWER: 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. - ANSWER: "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? - ANSWER: 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? - ANSWER: 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 - ANSWER: Insulin, heparin, and warfarin.

ADE's - ANSWER: Adverse drug events.

NCCMERP Index for Categorizing Medication Errors - ANSWER: 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. - ANSWER: "Call the prescriber and question the order."


In the event a medication is ordered with a potentially wrong abbreviation, the nurse should call the
prescriber and question the dosage.

Also, it is essential to write out micrograms or milligrams to prevent error.

The nurse is administering the first dose of an anti-infective agent.

Which of the following assessments should the nurse make prior to administering the anti-infective
agent?

-Assess the patient's temperature.

-Assess the patient's level of consciousness.

-Assess whether the patient is allergic to any anti-infective agent.

-Assess whether the patient has taken the medication previously. - ANSWER: "Assess whether the
patient is allergic to any anti-infective agent."

-Prior to administering any medication, the nurse assesses the client's allergies.

-Clients who are allergic to penicillins are also likely to be allergic to cephalosporins.

Which of the following nursing actions will prevent adverse drug events?

-Use only the trade name when documenting medications.

-Crush long-acting medications if the patient has dysphagia.

-After receiving a verbal order, administer the medication and then write down the order.

-Use bar code technology according to institutional policy. - ANSWER: "Use bar code technology
according to institutional policy."

Using bar code technology in the administration of medications will decrease medication
administration errors.

PO - ANSWER: By mouth, oral.

SL - ANSWER: Sublingual (under the tongue).

Sub-Q - ANSWER: Subcutaneous

CC - ANSWER: Cubic centimeter.

G - ANSWER: Gram.

ad lib - ANSWER: As desired.

PRN - ANSWER: As needed.

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