ATI - Medication Administration 1
Practice Challenges Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the best way to ensure you’re giving the right medication?
A. Ask the patient what they usually take
B. Match the label to the MAR three times
✔✔C. Compare the medication label with the MAR before, during, and after preparation
D. Look at the name on the pill bottle only
Which action demonstrates the “right dose” of medication administration?
✔✔A. Calculating based on the prescriber’s order and double-checking with another nurse
B. Estimating based on the patient’s weight
C. Giving the whole vial for safety
D. Using the same dose for all adults
Which method ensures correct patient identification?
✔✔A. Asking the patient to state their full name and date of birth
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,B. Calling the patient by their room number
C. Asking a family member to identify the patient
D. Using the patient’s chart picture
What should you do before giving a medication via the oral route?
A. Have the patient stand up
B. Give it with juice
✔✔C. Assess the patient’s ability to swallow
D. Ask the patient to chew it quickly
Which situation demonstrates the “right time” for medication administration?
A. Giving all morning meds at noon
✔✔B. Administering the drug within 30 minutes of the scheduled time
C. Waiting until the patient finishes lunch
D. Doubling the dose if it was missed earlier
What should the nurse do after discovering a medication error?
A. Try to fix it without telling anyone
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, ✔✔B. Report the error immediately and follow facility protocol
C. Hide the evidence
D. Blame another staff member
What is a nurse's priority action before giving digoxin?
A. Assess for edema
✔✔B. Measure the apical pulse
C. Check blood glucose
D. Give with orange juice
Which instruction is most important when teaching about nitroglycerin sublingual tablets?
A. Swallow the tablet quickly
B. Take with food
✔✔C. Place the tablet under the tongue until it dissolves
D. Chew for faster effect
What is the best way to ensure you have the “right route”?
✔✔A. Confirm the ordered route and use it exactly
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Practice Challenges Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the best way to ensure you’re giving the right medication?
A. Ask the patient what they usually take
B. Match the label to the MAR three times
✔✔C. Compare the medication label with the MAR before, during, and after preparation
D. Look at the name on the pill bottle only
Which action demonstrates the “right dose” of medication administration?
✔✔A. Calculating based on the prescriber’s order and double-checking with another nurse
B. Estimating based on the patient’s weight
C. Giving the whole vial for safety
D. Using the same dose for all adults
Which method ensures correct patient identification?
✔✔A. Asking the patient to state their full name and date of birth
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,B. Calling the patient by their room number
C. Asking a family member to identify the patient
D. Using the patient’s chart picture
What should you do before giving a medication via the oral route?
A. Have the patient stand up
B. Give it with juice
✔✔C. Assess the patient’s ability to swallow
D. Ask the patient to chew it quickly
Which situation demonstrates the “right time” for medication administration?
A. Giving all morning meds at noon
✔✔B. Administering the drug within 30 minutes of the scheduled time
C. Waiting until the patient finishes lunch
D. Doubling the dose if it was missed earlier
What should the nurse do after discovering a medication error?
A. Try to fix it without telling anyone
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, ✔✔B. Report the error immediately and follow facility protocol
C. Hide the evidence
D. Blame another staff member
What is a nurse's priority action before giving digoxin?
A. Assess for edema
✔✔B. Measure the apical pulse
C. Check blood glucose
D. Give with orange juice
Which instruction is most important when teaching about nitroglycerin sublingual tablets?
A. Swallow the tablet quickly
B. Take with food
✔✔C. Place the tablet under the tongue until it dissolves
D. Chew for faster effect
What is the best way to ensure you have the “right route”?
✔✔A. Confirm the ordered route and use it exactly
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