NR 462 MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | NR 462 MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION STUDY
GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
44, 98
20%
7
emergency - ✔✔History of Medication Safety
- in 1999, IOM "To Err is Human" published and reported that _____k to _____k hospital patients die
each year due to medical errors
- _____% of hospital patients will experience a preventable and potentially serious medication error
- estimated loss of ____k lives per year
--> _______ department is a high risk area
1/3, coordination, activities, administration, assessment - ✔✔Documentation
- documentation consumes more than _____ of nurses' time, followed by care _____ at 20%, patient
care _____ at 19.3%, medication _____ at 17.2%, and patient _____ at 7.2%, according to a new time-
motion study supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1.5
3.5, wages, productivity, additional - ✔✔Medication Errors
- medication errors are among the most/least common medical errors
- harming at lease _____ million people every year, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine of
the National Academies
- the extra medical costs of treating drug-related injuries occurring in hospitals alone conservatively
amount to $_____ billion a year, and this estimate does not take into account lost _____ and pr_____ or
______ health care costs, the report says
administration
ordering
dispensing
transcription - ✔✔Medication Errors
- medication errors come from:
--> 38% from _____
--> 39% from _____
--> 11% from ____
--> 12% from _____
standards
defines
regulates
safety
efficacy
nursing practice - ✔✔Legal Considerations
- US Drug Legislation
, --> sets official drug _____
--> _____ prescription drugs
--> ____ controlled substances
--> improves _____
--> requires proof of _____
- ______ _____ acts
--> identify nursing responsibilities for administration and client monitoring
actions, effects
education
assess
monitor, document - ✔✔Nurses Role
- nurses are legally responsible for medications they administer, including:
--> knowledge of drug ____ and side _____
--> _____ of orders they believe are incorrect
- ______: knowledge deficit
- ______: affordable, accessible, ability
- mo____ and do____
medication
refuse
reconciliation
prior
safely, unnecessarily - ✔✔Patient Rights
- be informed about a _____
- right to ______, regardless of consequences
- medication ______: review of medication history
- consent prior/after receiving investigational drugs
- receive drugs _____ and not _____
preparation, distribution
assess, evaluate
education - ✔✔Pharmacy Role
- pr____ and di____
- as____ and ev____ medication therapy needs
- provide ____ about medication effects to the patient
computer
written
telephone
verbal - ✔✔MD or Other LIP (Licensed Independent Practitioner Role)
- assess and prescribe the medication
--> co____: most accurate
--> wr____
--> te____ : read back
--> ve____: only in emergent situations and read back
generic
ANSWERS | NR 462 MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION STUDY
GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
44, 98
20%
7
emergency - ✔✔History of Medication Safety
- in 1999, IOM "To Err is Human" published and reported that _____k to _____k hospital patients die
each year due to medical errors
- _____% of hospital patients will experience a preventable and potentially serious medication error
- estimated loss of ____k lives per year
--> _______ department is a high risk area
1/3, coordination, activities, administration, assessment - ✔✔Documentation
- documentation consumes more than _____ of nurses' time, followed by care _____ at 20%, patient
care _____ at 19.3%, medication _____ at 17.2%, and patient _____ at 7.2%, according to a new time-
motion study supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1.5
3.5, wages, productivity, additional - ✔✔Medication Errors
- medication errors are among the most/least common medical errors
- harming at lease _____ million people every year, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine of
the National Academies
- the extra medical costs of treating drug-related injuries occurring in hospitals alone conservatively
amount to $_____ billion a year, and this estimate does not take into account lost _____ and pr_____ or
______ health care costs, the report says
administration
ordering
dispensing
transcription - ✔✔Medication Errors
- medication errors come from:
--> 38% from _____
--> 39% from _____
--> 11% from ____
--> 12% from _____
standards
defines
regulates
safety
efficacy
nursing practice - ✔✔Legal Considerations
- US Drug Legislation
, --> sets official drug _____
--> _____ prescription drugs
--> ____ controlled substances
--> improves _____
--> requires proof of _____
- ______ _____ acts
--> identify nursing responsibilities for administration and client monitoring
actions, effects
education
assess
monitor, document - ✔✔Nurses Role
- nurses are legally responsible for medications they administer, including:
--> knowledge of drug ____ and side _____
--> _____ of orders they believe are incorrect
- ______: knowledge deficit
- ______: affordable, accessible, ability
- mo____ and do____
medication
refuse
reconciliation
prior
safely, unnecessarily - ✔✔Patient Rights
- be informed about a _____
- right to ______, regardless of consequences
- medication ______: review of medication history
- consent prior/after receiving investigational drugs
- receive drugs _____ and not _____
preparation, distribution
assess, evaluate
education - ✔✔Pharmacy Role
- pr____ and di____
- as____ and ev____ medication therapy needs
- provide ____ about medication effects to the patient
computer
written
telephone
verbal - ✔✔MD or Other LIP (Licensed Independent Practitioner Role)
- assess and prescribe the medication
--> co____: most accurate
--> wr____
--> te____ : read back
--> ve____: only in emergent situations and read back
generic
