Exam 17: Administering Medications

The nurse is preparing to give an intramuscular (IM)injection of pain medication.The nurse prepares this medication knowing which of the following?

A(n)______ effect is a predictable and often unavoidable adverse effect produced at a usual therapeutic dose.

A nurse is caring for a patient who is to be discharged with a prescription for eye drops.The nurse knows that the patient understands how to administer eye drops correctly when the patient states that eye drops should be instilled on the:

A patient is to receive two different kinds of insulin.What is the nurse's most appropriate action?

The patient is admitted to the cardiac unit.Everyone admitted to the cardiac unit will have an EKG done unless otherwise ordered.This is an example of which type of order?

A nurse is working with the pharmacist to determine when a patient's medications should be given.Several medications are due to be given in the morning.What is the most important reason to appropriately schedule the patient's medications?

The passage of medication molecules from the site of administration into the blood is known as absorption.Factors that affect the rate of absorption include which of the following? (Select all that apply).

A patient calls to say that he is unable to pay for the medication from a specific manufacturer that was prescribed.The health care provider gives another name for the medication and suggests the patient look for this name instead.The new name was probably which of the following?

Which of the following patients is most at risk for digoxin toxicity resulting from impaired excretion?

When a patient's immune system causes abnormal reactions to a medication,the patient has a(n):

A postoperative patient is undergoing antibiotic therapy.She has never had any problems taking medications in the past.When the nurse hung the second dose of IV antibiotics,the patient suddenly developed shortness of breath and had difficulty breathing.The nurse recognized this was most likely a(n):

A nurse working in a clinic is teaching a patient how much cough syrup to take.The cough syrup comes in a 250-mL bottle,and the dosage is 10 mL every 4 hours.How many teaspoons should she instruct the patient to take?

A postoperative patient is receiving morphine sulfate from a patient-controlled analgesia device.On assessment,the nurse notes that the patient's respirations are depressed.The nurse realizes the effect of morphine sulfate infusion can be labeled as which of the following?

A 34 year old has been on morphine for 6 months after back surgery and has gone to multiple health care providers to obtain prescriptions.Which term best describes this situation?

The intended or desired physiological response of a medication is known as a(n)_____ effect.

The nurse is preparing oral medications for a patient.In preparing these medications the nurse is aware of which of the following?

The nurse is medicating the patient daily with warfarin (Coumadin).The patient is having blood levels drawn daily to determine the dose needed.The nurse realizes that the goal is to reach which of the following?

A patient is unable to swallow pain medication following oral surgery.What would be the appropriate form of the medication to use to administer the drug using the rectal route?

Unpredictable effects of some medications in which a patient overreacts or underreacts to a medication or has a reaction different from what is expected are known as:

A nurse is working in a newborn special care unit that has numerous premature infants.She recently transferred to this unit from an adult intensive care unit.The nurse is very cautious in administering medications because premature newborns are especially vulnerable to medication errors.Why is this true?