Exam 33: Pharmacology and Preparation for Drug Administration

A patient is receiving antibiotic drug therapy. It is important to ensure the scheduled dose is not given late to keep the circulating drug level above the _____ concentration level.

A patient is being prepared for surgery. There is an on-call order for meperidine hydrochloride (Demerol) 75 mg, with 50 mg/mL available. The patient should receive ____ mL.

A patient is receiving an initial dose of penicillin for pneumonia. The nurse should be alert and monitor for:

The nurse is administering an enteric-coated oral medication to a patient who is unable to swallow tablets. The best nurse action is to:

An elderly patient visits an outpatient clinic for the third time this month to be seen for hypertension. The nurse finds that the patient has not taken his blood pressure medication for 10 days. The most therapeutic response from the nurse would be:

What are the concepts considered to be rights of medication administration? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is aware that the physician has ordered a pain relief drug to be delivered in the manner in which postoperative pain would be relieved most rapidly. This method is:

The nurse must be aware of how drugs enter the body and how they are metabolized and excreted. The name of this information is _____________.

A patient will be started on furosemide (Lasix). The physician has also ordered potassium chloride (KCl) 40 mEq. There is a bottle of KCl labeled 45 mEq per 15 mL. How many milliliters should the patient receive?