ATI Safe Dosage/ Questions with Certified Solutions:
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A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about crushing medications. The nurse should explain that which of the following medications can be crushed?
Extended-release oxycodone
Sublingual nitroglycerine
Enteric-coated aspir...
ATI Safe Dosage/ Questions with Certified
Solutions:
A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about crushing medications. The nurse
should explain that which of the following medications can be crushed?
The nurse should explain that certain medications, such as those that are scored,
can be safely crushed and mixed with food or water for a client who has difficulty
swallowing. The nurse should check with the pharmacist before crushing a
medication to make certain it can safely be crushed.
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, A nurse is caring for a client who reports severe back pain at 1400. The client's
prescriptions include oxycodone extended - release 20 mg PO every 12 hr (last
dose received at 600) and oxycodone immediate - release 5 mg PO every 4 hr PRN
(last dose received at 2300 the day before). Which of the following actions should
the nurse take?
Contact the provider to request an order for a different pain medication.
Administer oxycodone immediate-release 5 mg PO at 1600.
Administer oxycodone immediate-release 5 mg PO now.
Contact the provider to request an increase in the oxycodone extended-release
dose. - Answer: Administer oxycodone immediate-release 5 mg PO now.
A nurse is reviewing a client's prescriptions. The nurse should contact the provider
to clarify which of the following prescriptions?
Phenytoin 100 mg PO every 8 hr
Morphine 2.5 mg IV bolus PRN for incisional pain
Regular insulin 7 units subcutaneous 30 min before breakfast and dinner
Lisinopril 20 mg PO every 12 hr. Hold for systolic BP less than 110 mm Hg -
Answer: Morphine 2.5 mg IV bolus PRN for incisional pain
This prescription requires clarification because it is missing the frequency of
medication administration.
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