NUFT 204 Skills And Meds Lab Practical – Questions & Answers
1. 11 rights of medication administration: 1. Right medication
2. Right reason
3. Right dose
4. Right route
5. Right patient
6. Right time
7. Right assessment
8. Right education
9. Right to refuse
10.Right
documentation 11
Right response
2. 3 checks of medication administration: 1. Check order for right
patient, any allergies, and select the right med
2. Check dose, calculate right dose, check med for expiration date
before prepping med
3. Scan patients ID band and scan the med, make sure the right med
pops up (still ask patient name, DOB and allergies)
3. P.O. Medication details: Lopressor - Metoprolol
beta-blocker, to lower blood pressure and heart rate
hold parameters: if systolic blood pressure is less than 100 or apical
pulse is less than 60
4. How to give P.O. medication: obtain BP and apical
pulse position patient to high Fowler's
assess patients mouth
offer sip of water to assess ability to swallow
opens medication wrapper into pill cup without
touching it gives patient cup and watch them put
pill in mouth
offers water
after patient swallows inspect their mouth to make sure they swallowed
it
5. subcutaneous medication details: Heparin
Anticoagulant: a blood thinner to prevent
blood clots major side effect is bleeding
6. How to prepare subcutaneous injection: maintain aseptic technique:
hand hygiene and gloves
1/
, NUFT 204 Skills And Meds Lab Practical – Questions & Answers
check vial for dose calculation and
expiration date clean top of vial for 15
seconds
select smaller needle
2/
1. 11 rights of medication administration: 1. Right medication
2. Right reason
3. Right dose
4. Right route
5. Right patient
6. Right time
7. Right assessment
8. Right education
9. Right to refuse
10.Right
documentation 11
Right response
2. 3 checks of medication administration: 1. Check order for right
patient, any allergies, and select the right med
2. Check dose, calculate right dose, check med for expiration date
before prepping med
3. Scan patients ID band and scan the med, make sure the right med
pops up (still ask patient name, DOB and allergies)
3. P.O. Medication details: Lopressor - Metoprolol
beta-blocker, to lower blood pressure and heart rate
hold parameters: if systolic blood pressure is less than 100 or apical
pulse is less than 60
4. How to give P.O. medication: obtain BP and apical
pulse position patient to high Fowler's
assess patients mouth
offer sip of water to assess ability to swallow
opens medication wrapper into pill cup without
touching it gives patient cup and watch them put
pill in mouth
offers water
after patient swallows inspect their mouth to make sure they swallowed
it
5. subcutaneous medication details: Heparin
Anticoagulant: a blood thinner to prevent
blood clots major side effect is bleeding
6. How to prepare subcutaneous injection: maintain aseptic technique:
hand hygiene and gloves
1/
, NUFT 204 Skills And Meds Lab Practical – Questions & Answers
check vial for dose calculation and
expiration date clean top of vial for 15
seconds
select smaller needle
2/
