NU 330 Midterm Questions with Complete Solutions

The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed and requesting pain medication. What will the nurse do first? Correct Answer-Assess the patient's pain and pain level The patient's medication administration record lists two antiepileptic medications that are due at 0900, but the patient is NPO for a barium study. The nurse's coworker suggests giving the medications via IV because the patient is NPO. What will the nurse do? Correct Answer-Call the health care provider to clarify the instructions. The "Six Rights" of Medication Administration Correct Answer-Right drug • Right dose • Right time • Right route • Right patient • Right documentation The day shift charge nurse is making rounds. A patient tells the nurse that the night shift nurse never gave him his medication, which was due at 2100. What will the nurse do first to determine whether the medication was given? Correct Answer-Check the medication administration record. A nurse makes an error when administering medications to a patient. Which action by the nurse requires the supervising nurse to intervene? The nurse: Correct Answer-records completion of an incident report in the medical chart.