Exam 21: Nonparenteral Medications

The nurse receives prescriptions on several patients for oral medications.The nurse will question the prescription on patients with which conditions? (Select all that apply.)

The patient is to receive three different medications via a nasogastric tube.What is the total amount of water the nurse should prepare to administer?

The nurse is preparing to administer medications to a patient with an enteral tube.The nurse can safely give the medications through which types of enteral tube? (Select all that apply.)

The patient is unable to sit upright for medication administration.The nurse should assist the patient to which position to decrease the risk for aspiration?

The nurse is preparing to give sublingual nitroglycerin to a patient complaining of chest pain.The nurse instructs the patient not to swallow the medication.Why is this instruction important?

The nurse is preparing a medication for a small child.The medication comes in pill or liquid form,but the liquid preparation has a bitter taste.Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse is teaching a mother how to administer nasal drops to her infant.What should be included in the teaching plan?

The nurse is administering a beta-adrenergic medication via a small-volume nebulizer.Which assessment finding requires the nurse to withhold the medication immediately?

The nurse is caring for four patients who require medications at 0900.Which action by the nurse adheres to the 10 rights of medication administration?

The nurse administers eardrops in the patient's left ear.Which of the following positions is appropriate after instillation of the drops?

The patient has eyedrops prescribed daily to both eyes.Which action by the nurse is appropriate when administering the medication?

A patient is experiencing a systemic effect from eyedrops.Which assessment finding by the nurse is indicative of this?

The nurse is administering a buccal medication.Which instruction should be given to the patient?

The nurse is preparing to administer an eye ointment to the patient.Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

Several patients have been prescribed inhalation medications.The nurse is aware that a spacer will be beneficial for which patient?

The nurse is teaching a patient how to use a metered-dose inhaler without a spacer.Which action by the patient demonstrates correct use of the device?

The nurse is applying a new nitroglycerin transdermal patch.Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

The nurse is preparing to administer a medication via a jejunostomy tube to a patient who is receiving continuous tube feedings.The medication needs to be given on an empty stomach and comes only in tablet form.What action should the nurse take first?

The nurse is teaching a patient with asthma about using a metered-dose inhaler to administer albuterol.Which statements should the nurse include in the teaching plan? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is preparing to administer eardrops to an adult patient.Which action should be taken by the nurse?