HCA 203 MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
What are 5 of the tens rights of medication administration - Answers Right person
Right medication
Right dose
right route/way
Right time
Right day
Right expiry date
Right documentation
Right education
RIght reason
NPO - Answers nothing by mouth
ac - Answers before meals
PC - Answers after meals
Q2H - Answers every 2 hours
qd - Answers every day
qid - Answers four times a day
bid - Answers twice a day
tid - Answers three times a day
STAT - Answers immediately
prn - Answers as needed
hs - Answers hour of sleep
oz - Answers ounce
sl - Answers sublingual
po - Answers by mouth
, ntg - Answers nitroglycerin
for eye drops where should the drop go - Answers in the center of the eye
should you wash your hands before administering medication - Answers Yes and after
What does the MAR include? - Answers Name, medication generic name, dosage, administration
route, and scheduled times .
what is the defining of administering medication - Answers helping to administer a client's
medication for them ex. ear drops, eyes drops
four concerns to take to supervisor - Answers Wrong date on the mar
Wrong medication
A person is not doing well
refusing to take medications
Pre procedure steps to assisting with meds - Answers Identify the client
Explain the procedure to the client
Wash hands
Assist with washing clients hands
Collect supplies needed for procedure
Provide privacy
Procedure steps to assisting with meds - Answers Check each label on the container to ensure
all of the 10 rights of medication Are met
Loosen the lids on container if client cannot do so and tell client the name of each medication
Place the container where the client can reach it or hand the container to the client
Are you allowed to push the pills from a blister pack into a container for the client? - Answers
Yes you are if the client cannot manually push open the blister pack
What are the post procedure steps to assisting with medication - Answers Initial the medication,
compliant formal document
What are 5 of the tens rights of medication administration - Answers Right person
Right medication
Right dose
right route/way
Right time
Right day
Right expiry date
Right documentation
Right education
RIght reason
NPO - Answers nothing by mouth
ac - Answers before meals
PC - Answers after meals
Q2H - Answers every 2 hours
qd - Answers every day
qid - Answers four times a day
bid - Answers twice a day
tid - Answers three times a day
STAT - Answers immediately
prn - Answers as needed
hs - Answers hour of sleep
oz - Answers ounce
sl - Answers sublingual
po - Answers by mouth
, ntg - Answers nitroglycerin
for eye drops where should the drop go - Answers in the center of the eye
should you wash your hands before administering medication - Answers Yes and after
What does the MAR include? - Answers Name, medication generic name, dosage, administration
route, and scheduled times .
what is the defining of administering medication - Answers helping to administer a client's
medication for them ex. ear drops, eyes drops
four concerns to take to supervisor - Answers Wrong date on the mar
Wrong medication
A person is not doing well
refusing to take medications
Pre procedure steps to assisting with meds - Answers Identify the client
Explain the procedure to the client
Wash hands
Assist with washing clients hands
Collect supplies needed for procedure
Provide privacy
Procedure steps to assisting with meds - Answers Check each label on the container to ensure
all of the 10 rights of medication Are met
Loosen the lids on container if client cannot do so and tell client the name of each medication
Place the container where the client can reach it or hand the container to the client
Are you allowed to push the pills from a blister pack into a container for the client? - Answers
Yes you are if the client cannot manually push open the blister pack
What are the post procedure steps to assisting with medication - Answers Initial the medication,
compliant formal document
