Exam 31: Medication Administration

The nurse is administering 250 mg of a medication elixir to the patient.The medication comes in a dose of 1000 mg/5 mL.How many milliliters should the nurse administer?

A 64-year-old quadriplegic patient needs an IM injection of antibiotic.What is the best site for the administration?

The nurse knows that an idiosyncratic event with the stimulant pseudoephedrine (Sudafed)is occurring when the patient

Which statement by the patient is an indication to use the Z-track method?

A patient is in need of immediate pain relief for a severe headache.The nurse knows that which medication will be absorbed the quickest?

A patient has an order to receive 20 units of U-50 insulin.The nurse is using a U-100 syringe.How many units should the nurse draw up in the syringe and administer?

A nurse knows that patient education has been effective when the patient states

The nurse knows that patient education about a buccal medication has been effective when the patient states

Aspirin is an analgesic,antipyretic,antiplatelet,and anti-inflammatory agent.A physician writes for aspirin 650 mg every 4 to 6 hours prn: febrile.For which patient would this order be appropriate?

A patient has an order to receive 10 units of U-50 insulin.The nurse is using a U-100 syringe.How many units should the nurse draw up in the syringe and administer?

The nurse knows that caring for two patients with the same last name can lead to a medication error involving which right of medication administration?

A patients states that she would prefer not to take her daily allergy pill this morning because it makes her too drowsy throughout the day.The nurse responds therapeutically by saying,

A patient who is receiving IV fluids notifies the nurse that his arm feels tight.Upon assessment,the nurse notes that the arm is swollen and cool to the touch.What should the nurse's first action be?

Which of the following are methods to reduce the risk of needlestick injury?

The nurse is giving an IM injection.Upon aspiration,the nurse notices blood return in the syringe.What should the nurse do?

An order is written for (phenytoin)Dilantin 500 mg IM q3-4h prn for pain.The nurse recognizes that treatment of pain is not a standard therapeutic indication for this drug.The nurse believes that the prescriber meant to write for hydromorphone (Dilaudid).What should the nurse do?

A patient who is being discharged today is going home with an inhaler.The patient is to administer 2 puffs of his inhaler twice daily.The inhaler contains 200 puffs.When should the nurse appropriately advise the patient to refill his medication?

The patient is to receive phenytoin (Dilantin)at 0900.The nurse knows that the ideal time to draw a trough level is

A patient informs the nurse that his urine is starting to look discolored.How should the nurse respond?

The prescriber wrote for a 40-kg child to receive 25 mg of medication 4 times a day.The therapeutic range is 5 to 10 mg/kg/day.What is the nurse's priority?