Medications NCLEX Questions 2025
A 2 year old child is ordered to have eardrops daily. Which action will the nurse take?
A. Pull the auricle down and back
B. Pull the auricle up and outward
C. Sit the child up for 2-3 min after instilling drops
D. Sit the child up to insert the cotton ball into the innermost ear canal - ansA.
A client is to receiving a medication that requires it to be taken the buccal route. How would you educate the
client on self-administration of the medication since he is being discharged tomorrow?
A. Tell him to lay down and use a dropper to administer drops of the med on his tongue.
B. Rub the powder onto the gums of his teeth.
C. Place the ointment medication directly on his skin.
D. Place tablet into cheek and keep it there until dissolved. - ansD.
A nurse is completing discharge teaching for a client who has a new prescription for transdermal patches.
Which of the following statements should the nurse identify as an indication that the client understands the
instructions?
A. I will clean the site with an alcohol swab before I apply the patch.
B. I will rotate the application sites weekly.
C. I will apply the patch to an area of skin with no hair.
D. I will place the new patch on the site of the old patch. - ansC.
A nurse is preparing to administer eye drops to a client. Which one of the following actions should the nurse
take? Select all that apply.
A. Have the client lie on her side.
B. Ask the client to look up at the ceiling.
C. Tell the client to blink when the drops enter her eye.
D. Drop the medication into the center of the client's conjunctival sac.
, E. Instruct the client to close her eye gently after instillation. - ansB. D. E.
A sublingual drug is administered by placing the drug in what part of the body?
a. between the cheek and the upper jaw
b. under the tongue
c. in the nose
d. in the eyes - ansB.
For an adult patient who has an order to receive an otic medication, the nurse should plan to administer it by
pulling the pinna:
a. down and forward
b. up and forward
c. down and back
d. up and back. - ansD.
Metered-dose inhalers are used to deliver specific amounts of medication. The nurse gives the patient which of
the following instructions?
a. never shake the inhaler medication before use.
b. exhale while squeezing the canister to deliver the medication.
c. sit upright, exhale, then activate he inhaler as the next inhalation begins.
d. hold the head back while inhaling the medication. - ansC.
The health care provider prescribes a medication that is administered transdermally. The nurse understands
what feature of the transdermal route?
a. It is inhaled into the respiratory tract.
b. It is dissolved inside the cheek.
c. It is absorbed through the skin.
d. It is inserted into the vaginal cavity. - ansC.
A 2 year old child is ordered to have eardrops daily. Which action will the nurse take?
A. Pull the auricle down and back
B. Pull the auricle up and outward
C. Sit the child up for 2-3 min after instilling drops
D. Sit the child up to insert the cotton ball into the innermost ear canal - ansA.
A client is to receiving a medication that requires it to be taken the buccal route. How would you educate the
client on self-administration of the medication since he is being discharged tomorrow?
A. Tell him to lay down and use a dropper to administer drops of the med on his tongue.
B. Rub the powder onto the gums of his teeth.
C. Place the ointment medication directly on his skin.
D. Place tablet into cheek and keep it there until dissolved. - ansD.
A nurse is completing discharge teaching for a client who has a new prescription for transdermal patches.
Which of the following statements should the nurse identify as an indication that the client understands the
instructions?
A. I will clean the site with an alcohol swab before I apply the patch.
B. I will rotate the application sites weekly.
C. I will apply the patch to an area of skin with no hair.
D. I will place the new patch on the site of the old patch. - ansC.
A nurse is preparing to administer eye drops to a client. Which one of the following actions should the nurse
take? Select all that apply.
A. Have the client lie on her side.
B. Ask the client to look up at the ceiling.
C. Tell the client to blink when the drops enter her eye.
D. Drop the medication into the center of the client's conjunctival sac.
, E. Instruct the client to close her eye gently after instillation. - ansB. D. E.
A sublingual drug is administered by placing the drug in what part of the body?
a. between the cheek and the upper jaw
b. under the tongue
c. in the nose
d. in the eyes - ansB.
For an adult patient who has an order to receive an otic medication, the nurse should plan to administer it by
pulling the pinna:
a. down and forward
b. up and forward
c. down and back
d. up and back. - ansD.
Metered-dose inhalers are used to deliver specific amounts of medication. The nurse gives the patient which of
the following instructions?
a. never shake the inhaler medication before use.
b. exhale while squeezing the canister to deliver the medication.
c. sit upright, exhale, then activate he inhaler as the next inhalation begins.
d. hold the head back while inhaling the medication. - ansC.
The health care provider prescribes a medication that is administered transdermally. The nurse understands
what feature of the transdermal route?
a. It is inhaled into the respiratory tract.
b. It is dissolved inside the cheek.
c. It is absorbed through the skin.
d. It is inserted into the vaginal cavity. - ansC.
