Administration
1. FDA: What company enforces medication laws regarding safety?
2. Nurse Practice Acts: Laws established in each state in the US to regulate the practice of
nursing
3. PO, topical: What routes are slow absorption?
4. Increase: Higher vascularity will (increase/decrease)
distribution
5. Liver: Metabolism of drugs occurs in the
6. Children, pregnant, geriatric, liver/renal disease, obese: What clients are
most at risk for adverse ettects?
7. Antibiotics: What medication has a high incidence of allergic reactions?
8. MEC, toxicity: What is the therapeutic range of a drug between?
9. Local: Topical drugs have ettects
10. Vascularity: The inhalation
route is fast acting because of the high
11. PO: What medication route is the easiest and most common?
12. PO: What medication has a slow onset and longer duration?
13. To switch cheeks (irritation): What should clients be taught if they are taking
buccal drugs?
14. Liquids: Buccal and sublingual dru
should not be taken with
15. ID, subQ, IM, IV: What are the 4 types of parenteral drugs?
16. Epidural: Medication is delivered through a catheter placed in the space outside of the
spinal canal
17. Intraosseous: Medication is derived into the bone (normally infants and toddlers)
18. Intrapleural: Chemotherapeutic agents are most commonly inserted via this method
19. Household measuring device: Patients should never use what at home when
taking liquid medica- tions?
20. Telephone, verbal: What forms of drug orders require read back?
21. 90: A now order must be given within minutes
22. Pharmacist: The role is to fill prescriptions and ensure they are va
23. Unit dose: A system has medications in individual bags
24. True: True or false. Oral chemo drugs can be given by any RN
25. Medication, client, dose, time, route, documentation, indication:
What are the 7 rights of med admin?
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, NSG-300 Topic 8 Medication
Administration
26. 1) Removing bottle from shelf
2) Removing from container
3) At client bedside: When should the MAR of the drug be compared before being given?
27. False: True or false. It is okay to document a medication if you are going to give it in 5 minute
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