Exam 1: Medication Errors: Improving Practices and Patient Safety

The nurse is counseling a patient who wants to start using Nicorette (nicotine chewing gum).Which of the following statements indicates that teaching has been effective? Select all that apply.

What times should be indicated for the administration of Maalox?

A nurse from the medical unit is floated to the cardiology floor.While preparing to provide morning medications,the nurse realizes many patients are taking bisoprolol and knows the drug must be given cautiously or in reduced doses to which of the following patients? Select all that apply.

While checking orders for a patient newly admitted with abdominal pain and suspected pancreatitis,the nurse notes the following order,"meperidine 50-100 mg IM q 3-4 hr prn for pain." Which of the following medications currently taken by the patient would cause the nurse to contact the physician?

MATCHING Match the instructions for using an inhaler in the following section with the number they should occur in. -Step 5

The nurse is taking a medication history over the phone for a patient scheduled for knee replacement in 3 days.Which of the following medications,if reported by the patient,should be reported to the surgeon?

The nurse is providing care for a patient with hepatic encephalopathy who is receiving lactulose via a nasogastric tube QID.Which of the following indicates the patient is responding appropriately to the medication?

When administering bisacodyl,which of the following implications should the nurse consider? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for a patient who has been receiving chemotherapy for the past 4 months.The patient takes Reglan (metoclopramide)10 mg every 4 hr as needed for nausea and vomiting.The nurse should be most concerned with which of the following patient statements?

MATCHING Match the instructions for using an inhaler in the following section with the number they should occur in. -Step 3

The nurse is counseling a patient who will begin taking buspirone).Which of the following statements indicates further teaching is required?

The nurse is caring for a patient with bronchitis and prepares to provide Tessalon pearls (benzonatate)as ordered.The patient states,"I don't think I've had this before.What is it for?" Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?

The nurse is caring for a patient with ulcerative colitis.New orders are received for Anaflex (salsalate)orally TID.The nurse recognizes the patient cannot received this drug due to an allergy to which of the following?

Which of the following should be communicated to a patient who is being prescribed Advair Diskus (fluticasone and salmeterol)?

The nurse is caring for a patient on the operative day for a laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy.The patient complains of pain and the nurse notes orders for ketorolac)30 mg intravenously every 6 hr as needed for pain.Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

The nurse is counseling a patient who is to start taking Norvasc (amlodipine)for hypertension.The nurse recognizes that further teaching is required by which of the following statements?

A young man with an allergy to sulfa was recently diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.What medication is he likely to receive?

Which of the following laboratory values requires the closest monitoring with isoniazid therapy?

The nurse is asked by the parent of a 13-year-old girl,"How does the new cervical cancer vaccine work?" Which of the following statements by the nurse is best?

A client calls the nurse at 2 p.m.stating,"I forgot to take my Tenormin (atenolol)at 8 a.m.like I usually do.Should I take it now?" Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?