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NUR 222 Exam 2 Study Guide
10 rights of medication administration - Answer✔✔-1. Right client
2. Right medication
3. Right dosage
4. Right route
5. Right time
6. Right client education
7. Right to refuse
8. Right assessment
9. Right documentation
10. Right evaluation
3 safety checks - Answer✔✔-1. read the MAR and select the medication
2. compare the medication label with the MAR
3. depending on facility policy:
a.) after medications are prepared, recheck labels with MAR before taking to the patient
b.) at the bedside, recheck labels with MAR after identifying patient and before
administration
Transdermal Medication Safety - Answer✔✔-Wear gloves
Remove old patches (to prevent overdose)
Apply to clean, dry, intact, and free of hair skin
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Do not touch medication side
Apply and press firmly with palm, do not rub!
Eye Medication Safety - Answer✔✔-- Clean eyes
- Tilt patient's head back
- Do not touch cap or tip of container (to eye or with hands)
- Hold lower eyelid down to expose conjunctival sac
- Apply gentle pressure over inner canthus to prevent drops from flowing into tear ducts
and causing systemic effects
Ear Medication Safety - Answer✔✔-- Clean external ear
- Position patient on side
- Straighten auditory canal
- Allow drops to fall on side of canal
- Press on the tragus
Adult: pull each back and up
Child: pull ear down and back (under 3 years)
Nasal Medication Safety - Answer✔✔-- Assist patients to upright position with head
back
- Close one nostril
- Have patient inhale through nose when spray is administered (point spray towards
outer part of nose, away from septum)
- Keep container compressed when removing
Types of respiratory medications - Answer✔✔-Metered dose inhaler
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FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
NUR 222 Exam 2 Study Guide
10 rights of medication administration - Answer✔✔-1. Right client
2. Right medication
3. Right dosage
4. Right route
5. Right time
6. Right client education
7. Right to refuse
8. Right assessment
9. Right documentation
10. Right evaluation
3 safety checks - Answer✔✔-1. read the MAR and select the medication
2. compare the medication label with the MAR
3. depending on facility policy:
a.) after medications are prepared, recheck labels with MAR before taking to the patient
b.) at the bedside, recheck labels with MAR after identifying patient and before
administration
Transdermal Medication Safety - Answer✔✔-Wear gloves
Remove old patches (to prevent overdose)
Apply to clean, dry, intact, and free of hair skin
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, EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR ©2024 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED,
FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
Do not touch medication side
Apply and press firmly with palm, do not rub!
Eye Medication Safety - Answer✔✔-- Clean eyes
- Tilt patient's head back
- Do not touch cap or tip of container (to eye or with hands)
- Hold lower eyelid down to expose conjunctival sac
- Apply gentle pressure over inner canthus to prevent drops from flowing into tear ducts
and causing systemic effects
Ear Medication Safety - Answer✔✔-- Clean external ear
- Position patient on side
- Straighten auditory canal
- Allow drops to fall on side of canal
- Press on the tragus
Adult: pull each back and up
Child: pull ear down and back (under 3 years)
Nasal Medication Safety - Answer✔✔-- Assist patients to upright position with head
back
- Close one nostril
- Have patient inhale through nose when spray is administered (point spray towards
outer part of nose, away from septum)
- Keep container compressed when removing
Types of respiratory medications - Answer✔✔-Metered dose inhaler
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