Exam 20: Safe Medication Preparation

The prescribed dose of Tylenol is given to a patient.The nurse recognizes the name Tylenol as which of the following?

The nurse enters the patient's room to give medications.Which action is most appropriate to identify the "right patient"?

The nurse reviews a medication administration record for an anticoagulant that is ordered at 0900 daily.The medication record indicates that the drug was given at the following times over the past 4 days.Which times follow the "right time" of medication administration? (Select all that apply.)

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

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

The prescriber orders 3 mg/kg/d of a medication to be given in 3 equal doses.The patient weighs 44 pounds.The nurse calculates that the proper amount per dose is ___________.

The nurse administers 650 mg of acetaminophen (Tylenol) orally to a patient with a pain level of 4 out of 10.The nurse is aware that the onset of action is 30 minutes to 1 hour, the peak action is 1 to 3 hours, and the duration of action is 3 to 8 hours.After _____ hours, the nurse should assess the patient to determine the maximum effectiveness of the drug.

A patient receives the usual dose of a medication for the first time and develops severe hypotension and bradycardia.The nurse reports this event as an __________ type of medication action.

The nurse receives an order to give a drug parenterally.The nurse will administer this medication by which route?

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

The nurse recognizes that patients with which conditions will have a reduction in the distribution of drugs? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse administers 100 mg of a drug at 0800.The drug's biological half-life is 4 hours.A serum drug level is drawn at 1600.The nurse should anticipate ___________ milligrams will be left in the body at 1600?

The intended or desired physiological response to a medication is known as its ____________.

The hospital uses a unit-dose system for medication distribution.The nurse recognizes that this system includes which safety feature?

The nurse is preparing a liquid medication.Which action is most appropriate?

A drug interaction in which the combined effect of drugs is greater than the sum of the effects of each individual agent acting independently is known as a _____________.

During the admission process, the patient states that he stopped taking daily aspirin because of nausea.The nurse documents the nausea as which of the following?

The patient is to receive a medication via the sublingual route.Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

The patient is complaining of severe leg pain.No pain medication is ordered, so the nurse calls the health care provider.An order for Tylenol with Codeine prn is given, in addition to a one-time order for morphine sulfate to be given stat.Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

An 80-year-old patient who complains of feeling "anxious" is given lorazepam (Ativan).The patient becomes agitated and delirious.The nurse documents this reaction to Ativan as which of the following?