EPIC NURSE PAPER ACTUAL ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔verbal order - ✔✔a prescription a provider states to a nurse, usually by telephone,
when unable to write the prescription at that time in the patient's medical record
✔✔Which of the following represents the correct administration of the prescribed
medication? - ✔✔amoxicillin 1g PO prescribed; 2 500-mg tablets
✔✔You have a handwritten medication order that is difficult to read. appropriate action
to take to avoid medication administration error? - ✔✔Call medical provider for
clarification of the order
✔✔You are reading the physicians orders and note the date and time of the
prescriptions, as well as physician's signature. Which of the following prescriptions is
complete? - ✔✔digoxin (lanoxin) 1.25 mg PO daily
✔✔Which of the following demonstrates the correct use of one of the six rights of
medication administration? - ✔✔Administer pt's medications by route as the prescriber
has ordered
The six rights of medication administration are:
(1) right medication
(2) right dose
(3) right patient
(4) right route
(5) right time
(6) right documentation
✔✔A drug's generic name is the: - ✔✔Same as its nonproprietary name
A drug's generic name is its nonproprietary or noncommercial name. Each drug has
only one generic name.
, For example, acetaminophen is the generic name for the drug Tylenol, while ibuprofen
is the generic name for the drugs Advil, Motrin and others.
✔✔buccal - ✔✔pertaining to or directed toward the bucca (cheek), the fleshy portion of
the side of the face that makes up the lateral wall of the oral cavity
✔✔Which of the following pt's is exhibiting drug tolerance? - ✔✔pt requires increased
dose of medication to achieve continued therapeutic benefit.
✔✔Which route of drug administration are there no barriers for absorption? -
✔✔intravenous
✔✔A pt drinks 8 oz of water. Which is a correct conversion of the pt's intake? - ✔✔240
mL
✔✔You are giving a patient several PO medications to take. The patient tells you that
she can only take one pill at a time. It is appropriate to : - ✔✔remain at the bedside until
you are sure the patient has taken all of the medications
✔✔Which of the following is your highest priority action for ensuring overall safety
during medication administration? - ✔✔identify pt by two acceptable methods
One of the six rights of medication administration is to identify that you are giving the
medication to the correct patient. It is required that you check the medication
administration record against the patient's identification bracelet, and use a second
method of patient identification, such as asking the patient his/her birth date
✔✔MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION #2 - ✔✔
✔✔Which of the following is most appropriate documentation of a client's response to
pain medication? - ✔✔pt reports pain decreased to 3/10, 30 min after medication
administration
✔✔An uncommon, unexpected, or individual drug response thought to result from a
genetic predisposition is called - ✔✔idiosyncratic effect
✔✔canthus - ✔✔either of the angles formed by an eye's upper eyelid meeting its lower
eyelid, as in inner canthus and outer canthus
✔✔capsule - ✔✔a small gelatinous shell that contains a dose of medication
✔✔cerumen - ✔✔the waxlike substance found within the external meatus of the ear;
earwax
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔verbal order - ✔✔a prescription a provider states to a nurse, usually by telephone,
when unable to write the prescription at that time in the patient's medical record
✔✔Which of the following represents the correct administration of the prescribed
medication? - ✔✔amoxicillin 1g PO prescribed; 2 500-mg tablets
✔✔You have a handwritten medication order that is difficult to read. appropriate action
to take to avoid medication administration error? - ✔✔Call medical provider for
clarification of the order
✔✔You are reading the physicians orders and note the date and time of the
prescriptions, as well as physician's signature. Which of the following prescriptions is
complete? - ✔✔digoxin (lanoxin) 1.25 mg PO daily
✔✔Which of the following demonstrates the correct use of one of the six rights of
medication administration? - ✔✔Administer pt's medications by route as the prescriber
has ordered
The six rights of medication administration are:
(1) right medication
(2) right dose
(3) right patient
(4) right route
(5) right time
(6) right documentation
✔✔A drug's generic name is the: - ✔✔Same as its nonproprietary name
A drug's generic name is its nonproprietary or noncommercial name. Each drug has
only one generic name.
, For example, acetaminophen is the generic name for the drug Tylenol, while ibuprofen
is the generic name for the drugs Advil, Motrin and others.
✔✔buccal - ✔✔pertaining to or directed toward the bucca (cheek), the fleshy portion of
the side of the face that makes up the lateral wall of the oral cavity
✔✔Which of the following pt's is exhibiting drug tolerance? - ✔✔pt requires increased
dose of medication to achieve continued therapeutic benefit.
✔✔Which route of drug administration are there no barriers for absorption? -
✔✔intravenous
✔✔A pt drinks 8 oz of water. Which is a correct conversion of the pt's intake? - ✔✔240
mL
✔✔You are giving a patient several PO medications to take. The patient tells you that
she can only take one pill at a time. It is appropriate to : - ✔✔remain at the bedside until
you are sure the patient has taken all of the medications
✔✔Which of the following is your highest priority action for ensuring overall safety
during medication administration? - ✔✔identify pt by two acceptable methods
One of the six rights of medication administration is to identify that you are giving the
medication to the correct patient. It is required that you check the medication
administration record against the patient's identification bracelet, and use a second
method of patient identification, such as asking the patient his/her birth date
✔✔MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION #2 - ✔✔
✔✔Which of the following is most appropriate documentation of a client's response to
pain medication? - ✔✔pt reports pain decreased to 3/10, 30 min after medication
administration
✔✔An uncommon, unexpected, or individual drug response thought to result from a
genetic predisposition is called - ✔✔idiosyncratic effect
✔✔canthus - ✔✔either of the angles formed by an eye's upper eyelid meeting its lower
eyelid, as in inner canthus and outer canthus
✔✔capsule - ✔✔a small gelatinous shell that contains a dose of medication
✔✔cerumen - ✔✔the waxlike substance found within the external meatus of the ear;
earwax
