1 NURSING FUNDAMENTALS EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, 100% ACCURATE/

1 NURSING FUNDAMENTALS EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, 100% ACCURATE/ A physician order reads "furosemide, 40 mg intravenously daily, times 4 days." Which type of medication order is this? - -Standard written order. A patient with a nasogastric (NG) tube has medications ordered in tablet form. How should the nurse administer the medications? - -Crush the tablets, dissolve them in water, then administer through the NG tube. **Cutting the tablets in half will clog in the NG tube. **Heating the medication may alter its action. A nurse smells a potent odor coming from the patients bathroom shortly after the patients orthopedic surgery. The nurse suspects the patient is smoking marijuana. What should the nurse do first? - - Notify security and the patients physician. - Security guards are specially trained for situations like this. - The physician should be notified because drugs can affect the healing process and other drugs may have been used by the patient. A blind patient is scheduled for a prostatectomy and an informed consent is needed. The nurse should do which of the following when obtaining an informed consent from a patient who is legally blind? - -Read the consent aloud with an impartial witness present. - The consent form should be read aloud to a blind patient. - The physician and nurse should make sure the patient understands the procedure, its risks, and alternative treatments. - With a blind patient, it is recommended that an impartial witness is present to observe the consent process or that a recording be made of the consent, but this is not required by law. A nurse discovers that she accidentally administered the wrong dose of a medication. After assessment and confirmation that the patient is stable, what should she do next? - -Notify the physician. - The physician is the only person that can fix the situation with additional orders. - The nurse cannot give a reversal medication or provide other interventions that require a physician order. - The nurse should also fill out an incident report after the situation is rectified, and inform the charge nurse. - The nurse may inform the patient of the error, but this is not necessary. While preparing to administer a subcutaneous injection, the nurse disinfects the injection site and waits for how long before administering the injection? - -Waiting 30 seconds to allow the disinfectant to dry reduces tissue irritation, and is the