Exam 34: Administering Oral, Topical, and Inhalant Medications

The nurse is to administer a dissolved medication via feeding tube. After donning gloves and attaching the irrigation syringe to the tube, the nurse should next:

The licensed nurse who is responsible for doing the narcotic count for the shift should count the drugs:

For easier insertion of a rectal suppository, the nurse should position the patient in the __________ position.

There is an order to give a patient 45 mL of Maalox. The nurse should administer ____ oz.

Before the nurse administers a liquid medication to an 83-year-old male patient, the nurse should:

The nurse administering a nasal medication via an atomizer bottle should:

When the nurse sees the order for "Milk of Magnesia 2 tablespoons, qod, hs," the nurse translates to mean he should give:

A patient complains about the taste of the sublingual nitroglycerin and admits that he swallows it rather than holding it under his tongue. The nurse explains that sublingual medications:

When administering medications to a patient with a feeding tube, the nurse should dissolve each crushed medication in at least _____ mL of water.

The nurse administering nitroglycerin ointment to a patient will:

The nurse is aware that a medication error event that causes a patient death or causes serious injury to a patient is classified as a(n) _______ event.

A patient on the long-term care unit receives the wrong medication. The charge nurse should instruct which staff member to complete the incident report?

Before the nurse administers a dose of digoxin (Lanoxin) to a patient, the nurse should assess:

A nurse is providing instructions to a patient about how to use a metered-dose inhaler. The nurse should instruct the patient to:

An elderly patient is having difficulty swallowing an enteric-coated tablet for which there is no liquid form available. To help the patient swallow the dose more easily, the nurse should:

In the event of a discrepancy in the count of the narcotics between the day shift and the evening shift, the day nurse is required to:

The nurse receives an order to give vitamin D 10 mcg bid. The nurse recognizes that the abbreviation mcg refers to a measurement in:

The nurse explains that the patient with a respiratory disorder can open small airways to ease respiration effort with the use of:

When administering several medications via feeding tube, the nurse should:

A patient of the Cambodian culture reports that a new medication is not adequate for treatment because it is: