OpenStax Clinical Nursing Skills Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 11: Principles of Medication Administration
OpenStax Clinical Nursing Skills
Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 11: Principles of Medication Administration
Review Questions
Multiple Choice
1. Neicy’s patient is unconscious. What method should Neicy use to identify the patient?
A. photo identification*
B. room number
C. family verification
D. date of birth
LO: 11.1.2
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remember
AACN: 1.1a
2. Why are like drugs grouped together in classes?
A. to separate drugs according to drug actions
B. to organize drugs based on the organ(s) they affect
C. to predict drug-drug interactions*
D. to categorize drugs based on indications
LO: 11.1.2
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember, Understand
AACN: 1.1a
3. One of your patients suffers from insomnia, but sedatives such as zolpidem do not work for
her. Her primary care physician has prescribed quetiapine, which is approved to treat
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder but can be helpful to treat insomnia as well. What is the
drug indication for this prescription?
A. actionable
B. labeled
C. off-label*
D. classified
LO: 11.1.2
Difficulty: Difficult
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Blooms: Remember, Understand, Apply
AACN: 1.1b
4. Kathy expects albuterol to help her patient breathe but instead, the patient began wheezing
after Kathy administered the medication. What happened?
A. The patient experienced tolerance to the medication.
B. The patient experienced a paradoxical effect.*
C. The patient experienced a toxic effect.
D. The patient experienced a drug interaction.
LO: 11.1.2
Difficulty: Difficult
Blooms: Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate
AACN: 1.1b
5. As he administers medication to his patients, Phillipe is meticulous about patient rights.
With his current patient, Phillipe is confirming that the medication is being administered
using the prescribed method, and he is verifying the medication label with the medication
order. Which two rights of medication administration is Phillipe concerned with at this
time?
A. right reason and right route
B. right drug and right dose
C. right patient and right dose
D. right route and right drug*
LO: 11.1.3
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember, Understand, Apply
AACN: 1.1b
6. As Janelle reviewed her patient’s rights of medication administration, she noticed that
mechanism of action for the patient’s drug did not align with the drug indication. Which
right is an issue in this situation?
A. right drug
B. right reason*
C. right dose
D. right response
LO: 11.1.3
Difficulty: Difficult
Blooms: Remember, Understand, Apply
AACN: 1.1b
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Chapter 11: Principles of Medication Administration
OpenStax Clinical Nursing Skills
Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 11: Principles of Medication Administration
Review Questions
Multiple Choice
1. Neicy’s patient is unconscious. What method should Neicy use to identify the patient?
A. photo identification*
B. room number
C. family verification
D. date of birth
LO: 11.1.2
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remember
AACN: 1.1a
2. Why are like drugs grouped together in classes?
A. to separate drugs according to drug actions
B. to organize drugs based on the organ(s) they affect
C. to predict drug-drug interactions*
D. to categorize drugs based on indications
LO: 11.1.2
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember, Understand
AACN: 1.1a
3. One of your patients suffers from insomnia, but sedatives such as zolpidem do not work for
her. Her primary care physician has prescribed quetiapine, which is approved to treat
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder but can be helpful to treat insomnia as well. What is the
drug indication for this prescription?
A. actionable
B. labeled
C. off-label*
D. classified
LO: 11.1.2
Difficulty: Difficult
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Chapter 11: Principles of Medication Administration
Blooms: Remember, Understand, Apply
AACN: 1.1b
4. Kathy expects albuterol to help her patient breathe but instead, the patient began wheezing
after Kathy administered the medication. What happened?
A. The patient experienced tolerance to the medication.
B. The patient experienced a paradoxical effect.*
C. The patient experienced a toxic effect.
D. The patient experienced a drug interaction.
LO: 11.1.2
Difficulty: Difficult
Blooms: Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate
AACN: 1.1b
5. As he administers medication to his patients, Phillipe is meticulous about patient rights.
With his current patient, Phillipe is confirming that the medication is being administered
using the prescribed method, and he is verifying the medication label with the medication
order. Which two rights of medication administration is Phillipe concerned with at this
time?
A. right reason and right route
B. right drug and right dose
C. right patient and right dose
D. right route and right drug*
LO: 11.1.3
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember, Understand, Apply
AACN: 1.1b
6. As Janelle reviewed her patient’s rights of medication administration, she noticed that
mechanism of action for the patient’s drug did not align with the drug indication. Which
right is an issue in this situation?
A. right drug
B. right reason*
C. right dose
D. right response
LO: 11.1.3
Difficulty: Difficult
Blooms: Remember, Understand, Apply
AACN: 1.1b
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