pharmacology exam 1 fortis questions with answers

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Causes for errors - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Failure to
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identify client and miscommunication
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Lack of information about patient; allergies, meds
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Lack of information about the drug
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Communication and teamwork failures |\ |\ |\




Unclear, absent, or look-alike and sound-alike meds
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Unsafe standardization, storage, distribution, and devices
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Calculation errors and failure to adhere to "rights" |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




check the medication 3 times - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔before pulling |\




during pulling |\




after you pull it at the patients bedside
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Errors can occur during any step of medication process: -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Procuring |\ |\




Prescribing
Transcribing
Dispensing

,Administering
Monitoring


QD or qd - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔every day, daily
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Types of Medication Errors - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No
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error, although circumstances or events occurred that
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could have led to an error
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Medication error that causes no harm |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Medication error that causes harm |\ |\ |\ |\




Medication error that results in death |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




BID - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔twice daily
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Preventing Medication Errors - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



✔✔Multiple systems of checks and balances |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Legible and correct orders |\ |\ |\




Appropriate consultation |\




Check medication order three times
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"Six Rights" of medication administration
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Minimize verbal or telephone orders |\ |\ |\ |\




Repeat order to prescriber |\ |\ |\




Spell drug name aloud
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,Speak slowly and clearly |\ |\ |\




List indication next to each order
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Avoid medical shorthand, including abbreviations and
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acronyms


PRN, prn - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔as needed
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NEVER use a "trailing zero" with medication orders -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Do not use 1.0 mg; use 1 mg |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




1.0 mg could be misread as 10 mg, resulting in a tenfold
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dose increase |\




PO - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔by mouth
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ALWAYS use a "leading zero" for decimal dosages -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Do not use .25 mg; use 0.25 mg |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




.25 mg may be misread as 25 mg
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NPO - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔nothing by mouth
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Take time to learn special administration techniques of
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certain dosage forms |\ |\




Always verify new medication administration records
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, Always listen to and honor any concerns expressed by
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patients regarding medications |\ |\




Check patient allergies and identification - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Preventing Medication Errors
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Pharmacokinetics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔what the body |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



does to the drug
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Reporting Medication Errors - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Report to prescriber and nursing management
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Document error per policy and procedureFactual
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documentation only |\




Medication administered |\




Actual doseObserved changes in patient condition
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Prescriber notified/follow-up orders |\ |\




Pharmacodynamics - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔what the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



drug does to the body
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Six "Rights" of Medication Administration - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Right Medication |\ |\




Right Dose |\




Right Client |\




Right Route |\