Exam 1: Medication Errors: Improving Practices and Patient Safety

As the nurse prepares to administer Ziagen,which of the following would indicate the medication is effective?

While providing care to a 68-year-old man taking Lopid (gemfibrozil),the nurse recognizes that which of the following assessments indicates the medication and treatment plan are effective?

While caring for a patient in hospice who is actively dying,the nurse notes moderate respiratory distress,copious oral secretion,and a frequent moist cough.Which of the following prn medications would most promote comfort for the patient?

The nurse is caring for a patient admitted with suspected overdose with Codeine.Which of the following medications would the nurse anticipate being ordered?

Which of the following medications can be used to prevent or treat nausea and vomiting? Select all that apply.

While providing care for patients on a neuroscience unit,which of the following medications should the nurse provide first?

A 62-year-old male is started on Revatio (sildenafil)for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.What is a side effect of this medication?

While counseling a patient receiving Inspra (eplerenone)for hypertension,the nurse recognizes the need for further teaching by which of the following statements?

A nursing faculty is observing a student nurse prepare and provide morning medications including delayed-released Nexium (esomeprazole)capsules to a patient with a nasogastric (NG)tube.The nurse should intervene if which of the following is noted?

The nurse is caring for a patient with a long history of asthma.Which of the following medications should the nurse question?

MATCHING Match the instructions for using an inhaler in the following section with the number they should occur in. -Step 6

The nurse recognizes that which of the following medications ordered for a patient may help reduce skeletal muscle spasms?

While providing discharge instructions for a patient who is taking Naprosyn (naproxen)for rheumatoid arthritis,the nurse would include which of the following statements? Select all that apply.

Which drug is used in the treatment of scurvy?

While caring for elderly residents in a nursing home,the nurse recognizes the use of Advil (ibuprofen)places these clients at increased risk for which of the following? Select all that apply.

While providing care for an adolescent patient newly prescribed Elavil (amitriptyline),the nurse should be most concerned by which of the following patient statements?

An oral dose of zinc sulfate is being prescribed for a patient in the wound clinic.Patient education should emphasize that the following products should not be taken with zinc sulfate because they will decrease absorption.Select all that apply.

The nurse caring for a patient taking hydrochlorothiazide and Lanoxin (digoxin)instructs the patient to notify the physician with which of the following symptoms? Select all that apply.

The nurse caring for a patient taking Zyrtec (cetirizine)recognizes the treatment plan is effective by which of the following statements?

The nurse is providing education for an immunosuppressed patient with recurrent oral herpes simplex lesions (cold sores)who is being treated with topical acyclovir ointment.Which of the following statements would be included in the nurse's teaching? Select all that apply.