Pharmacology Clear and Simple: Patient Safety in
Medication Administration Practice Questions &
Answers Graded A+
What are the 7 rights of medication administration? - Answer 1. Right Patient
2. Right Drug
3. Right dose
4. Right time
5. Right route &
6. Right technique
7. Right documentation
Right patient: - Answer know the patient to whom you are administering the medication
Right drug: - Answer know the correct medication to be administered
Right dose: - Answer know the correct dose to give the patient
Right Time: - Answer know the correct time the medication should be given, and inform the patient
Right route: - Answer Know the correct route of administration by which the drug should be given
Right technique: - Answer know the correct method for administering the medication
Right documentation: - Answer know how to complete a patient's chart accurately, with all pertinent
info
Verify the right patient by: - Answer asking his/her full name and birth date
,Select correct drug by: - Answer 1. check label before you take bottle from shelf
2. check label before you pour drug out.
3. check label before you put bottle back on shelf.
Verify right dosage by: - Answer check the dosage, and if you think it might be inappropriate, confirm it
Administer medication when: - Answer in hospitals, at a time that is convenient to staff members
morning medications: - Answer usually taken at breakfast
evening drugs: - Answer like seizure meds, taken at diner
drugs that make patients sleep: - Answer taken at bedtime
safe medication storage: - Answer keep all medicines locked away from young children
age, size and dosage: - Answer babies and young children may require lower dosages because their
bodies are small and process drugs faster; double check your calculations
PO - Answer by mouth
IV - Answer intravenous or into a vein
IM - Answer intramuscular or into a muscle
ID - Answer intradermal or by skin
SC - Answer subcutaneous or fat
, feeding tube: - Answer will require a liquid formulation
if an oral med is given improperly: - Answer patient could aspirate med into lungs, causing an infection
or an adverse infection
if an injection is given at wrong depth, angle, or site ___ - Answer possible nerve or bone damage could
occur
document: - Answer document all pertinent info and know how to document a patient's chart
accuractely
document of medicine: - Answer document medication, and also dose, route, lot number of drug, and
expiration date
many drugs have ___ spellings and pronunciations - Answer similar
ISMP - Answer Institute for Safe Medication Practices
"List of Confused Drug Names" - Answer published by the ISMP
abbreviations - Answer many in medicine, and some are similar but have very different meanings
a.c. - Answer ante cibum, or a drug to be given before a meal
p.c. - Answer post cibum, or after a meal
prn - Answer drugs taken as needed
sinister: Latin - Answer evil/devil, left hand, dirty hand
Medication Administration Practice Questions &
Answers Graded A+
What are the 7 rights of medication administration? - Answer 1. Right Patient
2. Right Drug
3. Right dose
4. Right time
5. Right route &
6. Right technique
7. Right documentation
Right patient: - Answer know the patient to whom you are administering the medication
Right drug: - Answer know the correct medication to be administered
Right dose: - Answer know the correct dose to give the patient
Right Time: - Answer know the correct time the medication should be given, and inform the patient
Right route: - Answer Know the correct route of administration by which the drug should be given
Right technique: - Answer know the correct method for administering the medication
Right documentation: - Answer know how to complete a patient's chart accurately, with all pertinent
info
Verify the right patient by: - Answer asking his/her full name and birth date
,Select correct drug by: - Answer 1. check label before you take bottle from shelf
2. check label before you pour drug out.
3. check label before you put bottle back on shelf.
Verify right dosage by: - Answer check the dosage, and if you think it might be inappropriate, confirm it
Administer medication when: - Answer in hospitals, at a time that is convenient to staff members
morning medications: - Answer usually taken at breakfast
evening drugs: - Answer like seizure meds, taken at diner
drugs that make patients sleep: - Answer taken at bedtime
safe medication storage: - Answer keep all medicines locked away from young children
age, size and dosage: - Answer babies and young children may require lower dosages because their
bodies are small and process drugs faster; double check your calculations
PO - Answer by mouth
IV - Answer intravenous or into a vein
IM - Answer intramuscular or into a muscle
ID - Answer intradermal or by skin
SC - Answer subcutaneous or fat
, feeding tube: - Answer will require a liquid formulation
if an oral med is given improperly: - Answer patient could aspirate med into lungs, causing an infection
or an adverse infection
if an injection is given at wrong depth, angle, or site ___ - Answer possible nerve or bone damage could
occur
document: - Answer document all pertinent info and know how to document a patient's chart
accuractely
document of medicine: - Answer document medication, and also dose, route, lot number of drug, and
expiration date
many drugs have ___ spellings and pronunciations - Answer similar
ISMP - Answer Institute for Safe Medication Practices
"List of Confused Drug Names" - Answer published by the ISMP
abbreviations - Answer many in medicine, and some are similar but have very different meanings
a.c. - Answer ante cibum, or a drug to be given before a meal
p.c. - Answer post cibum, or after a meal
prn - Answer drugs taken as needed
sinister: Latin - Answer evil/devil, left hand, dirty hand
