Exam 21: Oral and Topical Medications

A patient is experiencing a systemic effect from eye drops.This is evaluated by the nurse as:

The nurse is preparing to medicate a small child.The medication comes in pill or liquid form,but the liquid preparation has a bitter taste.What is the preferred way to administer the medication under this circumstance?

______________ medication is placed between the molar teeth and the cheek area and is allowed to dissolve.

Which of the following is the most critical to assess before medication administration?

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

The easiest and most desirable way to administer medications if via the _________ route.

The patient is getting a bronchodilator and an inhaled steroid scheduled for the same time.What information should the nurse provide to the patient about administering these medications?

The nurse is preparing to administer medications via jejunostomy tube to a patient who has a continuous tube feeding.Some of the medications need to be given on an empty stomach and come only in tablet form which need crushing.After crushing them,the nurse needs to:

The nurse is preparing to administer medications to a patient via his enteral feeding tube.Which of the following may be administered via his tube?

Which of the following tubes are used for long-term enteral feedings? (Select all that apply.)

The patient is prescribed an ophthalmic medication to be administered via intraocular disk.The nurse knows that the disk resembles a contact lens and is:

The patient has returned from a gastroscopy procedure.He has been NPO since midnight last night and has not received his morning medications.What should the nurse do before giving him his medications?

What should the nurse do to assist a patient who is having difficulty swallowing tablets and capsules?

Handheld devices that deliver inhaled medication in a fine powder to penetrate lung airways are known as ___________.

Medication that is placed under the tongue and is allowed to dissolve is known as ____________ medication.

Topical medications can be applied in which of the following ways? (Select all that apply.)

___________ medications are applied locally to skin,mucous membranes,or tissue membranes.

An appropriate technique for a nurse to implement when administering a topical medication with a systemic effect is:

Which of the following is an appropriate technique for preparing medication for administration?

The nurse is in the medication room preparing medications for her patients.She has four patients who require medications at 0900.Which of the following methods follows the six rights of medication?