HESI/Elsevier Sherpath - Nursing Process Practice Questions questions well answered

HESI/Elsevier Sherpath - Nursing Process Practice Questions During the implementation phase of the nursing process, which action will the nurse perform when administering medications? - Prepare medications for all patients, then administer. - Decide the route of administration based on drug availability. - Call the patient by name to verify the drug is for the right person. - Check the patient's identification band before administering the medication. - Check the patient's identification band before administering the medication. Rationale: Remember the 6 rights by the mnemonic "patient do drugs round the day", patient, dose, drug, route, time, documentation A patient is having blood drawn for a blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test because a new medication is excreted through the kidneys. This type of testing is performed during which phase of the nursing process? - Planning - Diagnostic - Evaluation - Assessment - Assessment Rationale: Note the fact that the patient is taking a new medication, in which the patient must be assessed for and labs are taken (data collection) during the assessment phase.