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Medication Administration ATI
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a nurse is covering a colleague at lunch when the patient
requests a prescribed medication, unfamiliar to the nurse.
What is the most appropriate action?
a. delay the administration until the primary nurse returns
b. refuse to treat the patient because the patient's condition is
not fully known by this nurse
c. look up the prescribed medication to see if it is
appropriate at this time
d. call the doctor to ask if it is appropriate to administer.
Ans: c.
a patient requests pain medication for pain at a surgical site
of 8/10. There is a prn "as needed" order for 10mg PO of
oxycodone for pain greater than 6/10 on the pain scale. What
is the first thing the nurse should do?
a. administer the oxycodone
b. assess the effects of the medication
c. document the administration of the medication
d. determine if the order is appropriate
Ans: d
a nurse is reviewing medication orders when she realizes
that a patient with renal failure has been prescribed bactrim
(an antibiotic contraindicated in patients with severe renal
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impairment). what action would be most appropriate
according to nursing practice laws?
a. administer the medication as ordered, then discuss with
the physician
b. refuse to administer the medication since it is
contraindicated for this patient
c. call the physician who ordered the medication to discuss
this inappropriate order
d. administer the medication and perform frequent
assessments for drug effects
Ans: c
what is the term used for the concentration of drug in the
blood serum that produces the desired effect without causing
toxicity?
a. trough level
b. half life
c. therapeutic range
d. peak level
Ans: C. therapeutic range
to which of the following patients would the nurse be most
likely to administer a PRN medication?
a. a patient who is complaining of pain near surgical site
b. a patient who requires daily medication to control
hypertension
c. a patient whose asthma is treated with inhaled
corticosteroids
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d. a patient who is experiencing severe and unprecedented
chest pain
Ans: a
when administering oral medications, which of the following
practice should the nurse follow (select all that apply)?
a. perform hand hygiene before and after medication
administration
b. verify patient's response to medication 30 minutes after
administration, or as appropriate
c. keep patients MAR at bedside at all times to ensure safe
identification
d. say at bedside until patient has swallowed all medications
e. dispense multiple liquid medication sinto single cup to
reduce number of containers
Ans: A, B, D
a child is to receive amoxicillin 80 mg po. the medication is
in an oral suspension containing 125 mg/ 5mL. how many mL
should the child receive.
a. 2 mL
b. 3.2 mL
c. 32 mL
d. 0.5 mL
Ans: B. 3.2 mL
when a medication acts on receptors they can do which of
the following? (select all that apply)
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Medication Administration ATI
Latest Questions and Graded
Answers
a nurse is covering a colleague at lunch when the patient
requests a prescribed medication, unfamiliar to the nurse.
What is the most appropriate action?
a. delay the administration until the primary nurse returns
b. refuse to treat the patient because the patient's condition is
not fully known by this nurse
c. look up the prescribed medication to see if it is
appropriate at this time
d. call the doctor to ask if it is appropriate to administer.
Ans: c.
a patient requests pain medication for pain at a surgical site
of 8/10. There is a prn "as needed" order for 10mg PO of
oxycodone for pain greater than 6/10 on the pain scale. What
is the first thing the nurse should do?
a. administer the oxycodone
b. assess the effects of the medication
c. document the administration of the medication
d. determine if the order is appropriate
Ans: d
a nurse is reviewing medication orders when she realizes
that a patient with renal failure has been prescribed bactrim
(an antibiotic contraindicated in patients with severe renal
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impairment). what action would be most appropriate
according to nursing practice laws?
a. administer the medication as ordered, then discuss with
the physician
b. refuse to administer the medication since it is
contraindicated for this patient
c. call the physician who ordered the medication to discuss
this inappropriate order
d. administer the medication and perform frequent
assessments for drug effects
Ans: c
what is the term used for the concentration of drug in the
blood serum that produces the desired effect without causing
toxicity?
a. trough level
b. half life
c. therapeutic range
d. peak level
Ans: C. therapeutic range
to which of the following patients would the nurse be most
likely to administer a PRN medication?
a. a patient who is complaining of pain near surgical site
b. a patient who requires daily medication to control
hypertension
c. a patient whose asthma is treated with inhaled
corticosteroids
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d. a patient who is experiencing severe and unprecedented
chest pain
Ans: a
when administering oral medications, which of the following
practice should the nurse follow (select all that apply)?
a. perform hand hygiene before and after medication
administration
b. verify patient's response to medication 30 minutes after
administration, or as appropriate
c. keep patients MAR at bedside at all times to ensure safe
identification
d. say at bedside until patient has swallowed all medications
e. dispense multiple liquid medication sinto single cup to
reduce number of containers
Ans: A, B, D
a child is to receive amoxicillin 80 mg po. the medication is
in an oral suspension containing 125 mg/ 5mL. how many mL
should the child receive.
a. 2 mL
b. 3.2 mL
c. 32 mL
d. 0.5 mL
Ans: B. 3.2 mL
when a medication acts on receptors they can do which of
the following? (select all that apply)
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