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NUR170 Final PrepU Everything – Questions & AnswersThe nurse has provided a client with oral medications in a small plastic cup.
What is the best nursing action to ensure the rights of safe medication
administration are implemented? Right Ans - Wait with the client until the
medications are taken.
The hospital recently adopted a self-administration medication system. Which
is an important consideration for safe self-administration of medications?
Right Ans - Does the client have cognitive and functional ability to self-
administer medication?
A nurse is teaching an older adult about taking newly prescribed medications
at home. Which information would be included? Right Ans - "I have written
the names of your drugs with times to take them."
A nurse is conducting an interview with a client to collect a medication
history. Which question would be used to ensure safe medication
administration? Right Ans - "Do you have any allergies to medications?"
What must a nurse do each time medications are administered to ensure that
medication errors do not occur? Right Ans - Observe the three checks and 8
rights.
A nurse needs to administer a prescribed dose of a narcotic medication to a
client with acute neck pain. These medications should be stored in a: Right
Ans - double-locked drawer.
A nurse is caring for a client at a health care facility who is undergoing
nicotine withdrawal therapy and has been prescribed a nicotine patch. Which
is true with regard to the application of a transdermal patch? Right Ans -
The patch is applied to a skin area with adequate circulation.
What would a nurse instruct a client to do after administration of a sublingual
medication? Right Ans - "Try not to swallow while the pill dissolves."
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