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Chapter 28, Medications Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass) The nurse is preparing to administer a medication via a nasogastric tube. What guideline is appropriate for the nurse to follow when administering a drug via this route? A) Flush the tube with water between each drug administere...

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Chapter 28, Medications Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass)



The nurse is preparing to administer a medication via a nasogastric tube.

What guideline is appropriate for the nurse to


follow when administering a drug via this route?


A) Flush the tube with water between each drug administered.


B) Position the client supine prior to administering the drug.


C) Administer the medication at a cold temperature.


D) If connected to suction, do not reconnect to suction for five minutes after

drug administration. - Answer✔️✔️-Ans: A


Feedback:


Guidelines to consider when administering a drug via nasogastric tube

include positioning the client with the head of the


bed elevated, administering the medication at room temperature for the

client's comfort, flushing the tube with water




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between each drug administered, and avoiding the use of suction for 20 to

30 minutes after the drug is administered.


The medical chart of a newly admitted client notes a penicillin allergy, yet

the physician has just written an order for an


antibiotic in the same drug family after reviewing the client's wound

culture and sensitivity. How should the nurse


respond to this situation?


A) Withhold the medication until the potential drug allergy has been

addressed by the care team.


B) Administer the medication and increase the frequency of assessments in

the hours that follow.


C) Substitute an antibiotic with similar action, but which is from a different

drug family.


D)


Discuss the severity, signs and symptoms of the drug allergy with the

client in order to ascertain the risks of



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administration. - Answer✔️✔️-Ans: A


Feedback:


Client safety is paramount, and the nurse has a responsibility to ensure that

a potential threat of harm is identified and


dealt with promptly. It is beyond the nurse's scope of practice to

independently substitute another drug, and it would be


unsafe to administer the drug in light of this revelation. The nurse would

not administer the drug even if the client stated


that his or her allergy is mild.


Which of the following clients receives a drug that requires parenteral

route?


A) A woman who has been ordered intravenous antibiotics


B) A woman who takes a diuretic pill each morning


C) A man with emphysema who uses nebulized bronchodilators


D) A man who has an antifungal ointment applied to his skin rash daily -

Answer✔️✔️-Ans: A


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Feedback:


The parenteral route includes such methods as intravenous administration

and injections. Pills are given by an oral route


and a nebulizer is administered by the pulmonary route. An ointment is a

topical medication.


A physician has ordered peak and trough levels of a medication. When

would the nurse schedule the trough level


specimen?


A) Before administering the first dose


B) Immediately after the first dose


C) 30 minutes before the next dose


D) 24 hours after the last dose - Answer✔️✔️-Ans: C


Feedback:


The trough level is the point when the drug is at its lowest concentration,

and the specimen is usually drawn in the 30-




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