Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Questions And
Answer's For A+ Score!!{2025|2026}
1. what are the 6 rights for
right patient (verify with at least 2 identifiers)
cor- rect drug
right drug
administration?
right strength
right route
right time
(check med against orig rx)
right documentation (so dose isn't given more than
once)
2. what is the medication
use process? 1. selection and procurement
2. storage
3. ordering and transcribing
4. preparing and dispensing
5. administering
6. monitoring
3. medication error any preventable event that may cause or lead to
inappropriate
medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the
control of the health care professional, patient, or
consumer (doesnt have to have an adverse outcome to
be an error)
4. adverse drug event injury from medicine or lack of intended medicine
5. deteriorated drug error medication is administered that has expired or the
integrity of
the ingredients have been compromised (ex: storing a drug
at room temp when it should be refrigerated)
6. improper dose error patient administered a dose that is greater or less than
pre-
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, Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Questions And
Answer's For A+ Score!!{2025|2026}
scribed amount (ex: aspirin 325 mg is given instead of 500
mg)
7. omission error failure to administer an ordered dose to patient before
next dose is due (ex: nurse forgets to give dose to
patient)
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, Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Questions And
Answer's For A+ Score!!{2025|2026}
8. wrong route drug is given using wrong procedure or technique (ex:
placing ophthalmic solution in wrong eye)
9. wrong dosage form medication administered in dosage form other than what
was
ordered (ex: capsule for tablet)
10. wrong drug-preparation error drug incorrectly formulated (ex: wrong calc) or
manipulated
(ex: break in aseptic technique) and med is administered
11. wrong time error med administered outside sched time frame (ex: facility
allows
+/- 30 mins but administer outside of time frame)
12. what are some prescribing er- incorrect strength
rors? quanity and refill info omitted
route of administration not specified illegible
handwriting
13. what are some dispensing
incorrect prescription interp incorrect
er- rors? calc
incorrect drug utilization evaluation
14. what are some examples
ear med in eye
of administration
oral med given
errors?
IV
IV syringe used to measure oral med
failure to document med administration records
15. define high alert meds accurately
and give examples
bear heightened risk for causing significant patient harm
-opioids
-anticoagulants
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Answer's For A+ Score!!{2025|2026}
1. what are the 6 rights for
right patient (verify with at least 2 identifiers)
cor- rect drug
right drug
administration?
right strength
right route
right time
(check med against orig rx)
right documentation (so dose isn't given more than
once)
2. what is the medication
use process? 1. selection and procurement
2. storage
3. ordering and transcribing
4. preparing and dispensing
5. administering
6. monitoring
3. medication error any preventable event that may cause or lead to
inappropriate
medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the
control of the health care professional, patient, or
consumer (doesnt have to have an adverse outcome to
be an error)
4. adverse drug event injury from medicine or lack of intended medicine
5. deteriorated drug error medication is administered that has expired or the
integrity of
the ingredients have been compromised (ex: storing a drug
at room temp when it should be refrigerated)
6. improper dose error patient administered a dose that is greater or less than
pre-
1/
17
, Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Questions And
Answer's For A+ Score!!{2025|2026}
scribed amount (ex: aspirin 325 mg is given instead of 500
mg)
7. omission error failure to administer an ordered dose to patient before
next dose is due (ex: nurse forgets to give dose to
patient)
2/
17
, Patient Safety and Quality Assurance Questions And
Answer's For A+ Score!!{2025|2026}
8. wrong route drug is given using wrong procedure or technique (ex:
placing ophthalmic solution in wrong eye)
9. wrong dosage form medication administered in dosage form other than what
was
ordered (ex: capsule for tablet)
10. wrong drug-preparation error drug incorrectly formulated (ex: wrong calc) or
manipulated
(ex: break in aseptic technique) and med is administered
11. wrong time error med administered outside sched time frame (ex: facility
allows
+/- 30 mins but administer outside of time frame)
12. what are some prescribing er- incorrect strength
rors? quanity and refill info omitted
route of administration not specified illegible
handwriting
13. what are some dispensing
incorrect prescription interp incorrect
er- rors? calc
incorrect drug utilization evaluation
14. what are some examples
ear med in eye
of administration
oral med given
errors?
IV
IV syringe used to measure oral med
failure to document med administration records
15. define high alert meds accurately
and give examples
bear heightened risk for causing significant patient harm
-opioids
-anticoagulants
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