Exam 20: Safe Medication Preparation

A common problem for older adult patients is the use of a number of different medications,prescribed or not,for one or more health problems.This problem is known as ______________.

The hospital has implemented a computerized physician order entry system (CPOE)to eliminate the need for written orders.The benefits of this system include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a patient who has been getting morphine sulfate regularly every 4 hours for the last 2 weeks.The patient has a history of renal failure and liver disease.While on rounds,the nurse finds the patient is lethargic with a respiratory rate of 6 breaths per minute.The nurse expects that the physician will order naloxone (Narcan)to counter the ______________ of the morphine.

To prevent medication errors,the nurse should:

A medication that is ordered "t.i.d." may be given at:

The patient is admitted to hospital with pneumonia and is ordered to receive IV doses of antibiotics.He receives his first dose without any problems,but during his second dose,he begins to complain of shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.The nurse notes wheezes throughout his lung field.The nurse stops administration of the antibiotic and calls for help.She recognizes these symptoms as part of:

The length of time during which the medication is present in a concentration great enough to produce a therapeutic effect is known as that drug's _______________.

The point at which the lowest amount of drug is in the serum is the _______________.

While preparing a liquid medication,the nurse:

______________ are predictable and often unavoidable secondary effects of a medication produced at a usual therapeutic drug dose.

Medication dependence by which a person has an emotional desire for a drug to maintain an effect is known as ______________.

The intended or desired physiological response of a medication is known as its _________________.

The patient is complaining of severe pain in his leg.He does not have any pain medication ordered,so the nurse calls the doctor,who gives an order for a prn medication and a one-time dose of morphine sulfate to be given immediately.The morphine order is known as a:

The appropriate way to identify the "right client" is to:

Medication errors include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

Factors that affect the rate of distribution of a medication depend on which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

When do most medication errors occur? (Select all that apply.)

The _________________ of a drug is the blood serum concentration reached and maintained after repeated,fixed doses.

When using the Apothecary System for medication calculation,the nurse realizes that:

In using the system of household measurements in preparing medications,it is important for the nurse to understand that: