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Question:
Match each of the four statements to the correct right of medication
administration.
Answer:
The medication is ordered orally.
Right route
The nurse reads the medical record number.
Right patient
The correct date is placed on the medication record. Right documentation
The nurse knows the amount of medicine to administer.
Right dosage
,Question:
Which medication right is verified by checking the patient number on the
medication record?
Answer:
the right patient
Question:
Which components are included in the documentation of medication
administration?
Answer:
-right date
-right time
-refusal of medication
-initials of nurse administering medication
Question:
When a patient refuses a medication, what information should be
documented in the record?
Answer:
mental status
,Question:
Along with the physician order, what needs to be taken into account when
scheduling medication administration times for patients?
Answer:
scheduled therapies
Question:
The Joint Commission's focus on medication reconciliation as a National
Patient Safety Goal (NSPG) is in response to what issue?
Answer:
medication errors during transition points
Question:
In what situations can medication reconciliation be performed?
Answer:
-admission
-discharge
-home health
, Question:
What helps to ensure that drug-to-drug interactions are avoided?
Answer:
-family education
-medication reconciliation
-obtaining a health history
-health care provider collaboration
Question:
With what other healthcare information must a patient's discharge
medication orders be reconciled?
Answer:
admission orders
Question:
What important step helps to prevent pre- and post-hospital medication
errors?
Answer:
ensuring patient knowledge