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When do you perform the first check of med administration? Upon removal When do you perform the second check of med administration? While preparing When do you perform the third check of med administration? At bedside What are the 5 rights of med administration? Right time, patient, medication, ...

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Exam 4 NUR 155 Practice Questions and
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When do you perform the first check of med administration? ✅Upon removal

When do you perform the second check of med administration? ✅While preparing

When do you perform the third check of med administration? ✅At bedside

What are the 5 rights of med administration? ✅Right time, patient, medication, dosage,
route

If a patient is administered a medication and has an adverse reaction, what do you do?
✅Assess vitals, stop medication, contact PCP

When is a patient's pain usually the worst post-op? ✅3-4 days

If a patient is administered a pain medication and gets a headache, what do you do?
✅See if PRN Tylenol is ordered, contact PCP

When pulling medications from a vial, the needle tip should be where? ✅Below the
fluid level

How do you dislodge any bubbles in the syringe? ✅Tap the syringe barrel

What type of needle do you use to withdraw medications? ✅Filtered

Before withdrawing a medication from a vial... ✅Inject air into vial

Adding a diluent to a powdered drug is known as ✅Reconstitution

When administering a non-liquid medication via NG tube, you should... ✅See if the
tablet can be crushed--Enteric coated CANNOT be crushed

If a medication is in liquid form for NG tube, you must.. ✅Further dilute the liquid with
sterile water

If you have to crush a tablet to administer via NG tube, you must... ✅Dissolve crushed
powder in at least 30 mL of warm water

, How do you check the placement of an NG tube? ✅Aspirate all stomach contents then
measure residual volume OR auscultate

If you administer a whole or undissolved medication via NG tube, what will happen?
✅Tube will become clogged

When pouring liquid or dissolved medication into the syringe barrel, how do you allow
the med to flow? ✅By gravity

If the NG tube is connected to a suction, what do you do? ✅Disconnect the suction
and keep the tube clamped for 20-30 minutes to enhance absorption

If you think a doctor wrote a wrong order, what do you do? ✅Call PCP and verify

Before administering a medication you must ✅Verify ID

Gauge size for intradermal injection? ✅#25-27

Needle size for intradermal injection? ✅1/4 - 5/8 inch

Maximum amount of volume in intradermal injection? ✅0.1 mL

Sites for intradermal injection? ✅Inner arm, upper back chest, scapula

Angle for intradermal injection? ✅5-15 degrees

Regular gauge size for SubQ injection? ✅#25

Insulin gauge size for SubQ injection? ✅#30

Needle size of SubQ injection for an adult of normal weight? ✅5/8 inch @ 45 degrees

Needle size of SubQ injection for an obese adult? ✅3/8 inch @ 90 degrees

Maximum fluid amount of SubQ injection? ✅0.5 - 1 mL

Sites for SubQ injection? ✅Outer upper arm, thigh, abdomen

IM injection deltoid syringe size? ✅1 mL

IM injection ventrogluteal syringe size? ✅3 to 5 mL

Maximum fluid amount of IM injection in deltoid ✅0.5 - 1 mL

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