Medical Math Chapter 10 || with 100% Errorless Solutions.
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Medical Math Chapter 10
MARs stand for correct answers Medication Administration Records
CMARs stand for correct answers Computerized Medication Administration Records
Three checks of drug administration correct answers 1. Check the drug label with the MAR (medication administration record) when removing the contain...
Medical Math Chapter 10 || with 100% Errorless Solutions.
MARs stand for correct answers Medication Administration Records
CMARs stand for correct answers Computerized Medication Administration Records
Three checks of drug administration correct answers 1. Check the drug label with the MAR
(medication administration record) when removing the container or unit-dose package.
2. Check the drug label again and compare with the MAR or CMAR immediately before pouring
or opening the medication, or preparing the unit-dose.
3. Check the drug label once more when replacing the container and/or before giving the unit-
dose to the patient/client.
Six Rights of Medication Administration correct answers 1. Right medication
2. Right dose
3. Right patient
4. Right route
5. Right time
6. Right documentation
Other rights that are important: the right reason, the right drug preparation, right expiration date,
right assessment, right evaluation, the right drug education, the right to refuse a drug.
Correct Medication Order includes correct answers - the patient/client's name
- room number
- date
- name of drug (generic or trade)
- dose of the drug, route of administration
- times to administer the drug.
Ends with the physician's/healthcare providers signature.
Standing order with termination correct answers cephalexin (Keflex) 500 mg PO every 6 hours ×
7 days
Standing order without termination correct answers digoxin (Lanoxin) 0.5 mg PO every day
A prn order correct answers morphine 2 to 4 mg IV q 4 h prn pain
Single-dose order correct answers atropine 0.3 mg subcutaneous 7:30 am on call to OR
Stat order correct answers morphine 4 mg IV stat
Protocols correct answers for K <3.5, K 20 mEq PO q 4 hour × 2 days
, COE/CPOE correct answers Computerized Order Entry/Computerized Physician Order Entry
T or F:
Nurses can write prescriptions. correct answers False.
Only licensed physicians or healthcare providers can write orders/prescriptions. Nurse
practitioners are licensed in all states to write orders, although some restrictions apply and vary
state to state.
T or F:
Medical students may write orders on charts, but orders must be countersigned by a house
physician before they are legal. Medical students are not licensed. correct answers True
T or F:
You should carry out an order that is unclear or illegible. correct answers False.
Do not carry out an order that is not clear or is illegible. Check with the physician or healthcare
provider who wrote the order—do not assume anything.
T or F:
Do not carry out an order if a conflict exists with nursing knowledge. correct answers True
T or F:
nursing students are allowed to accept oral or telephone orders. correct answers False.
Nursing students should not accept oral or telephone orders. The student should refer the
physician to the instructor or staff nurse.
T or F:
Professional nurses may take oral or telephone orders in accord with institutional policy. The
nurse must write these orders on the chart, and the physician or healthcare provider must sign
them within 24 hours. Verbal orders are discouraged, and the physician should write the order if
physically present in the nursing unit or has access to a computer. correct answers True
MAR includes: correct answers On the Top:
- the patient/client's name,
- identification (ID) number
- room
- date of admission
- age
- diagnosis
- gender
- attending physician
On the Bottom:
- Drug Dosage
- time it is suppose to be given
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