Med Admin Safety

During medication administration how can the nurse properly confirm he or she has the right patient?

• Ask the patient to state their full name and compare this to the patient's ID arm band.

• Ask the patient to state their full name along with their date of birth and compare this information to the medication administration record and the patient's ID arm band.

•  Ask the patient to state their full name and compare this information to the medication administration record and the patient's ID arm band.

•  Ask the patient to state their last name and compared this to the patient's ID arm band.

The nurse notes in the MAR that the patient was ordered to take Acetazolamide 500 mg. The nurse checks the medication packaging on hand and finds it contains Acetohexamide 500 mg. The nurse is assessing which "Rights of Medication Administration", and what should be the next nursing action?*

• A. Right Route and Right Dosage; hold dose and notify pharmacy

• B. Right Dosage and Right Time; administer the medication on hand

• C. Right Medication and Right Dosage; hold dose and notify pharmacy

• D. Right Medication and Right Dosage; administer the medication on hand

The doctor writes an order for a medication. The nurse notes the order says to administer 12.5 mg PO. Pharmacy dispenses the nurse with 6.25 mg tablets. How many tablets will the nurse administer and what medication administration right is the nurse assessing?

• 2.5 tablets, right time

• 2 tablets, right evaluation

• 2.5 tablets, right calculation

•  2 tablet, right dosage

The patient is ordered to take Warfarin at 1800. Before administration of the medication, the nurse performs the medication administration rights. When checking the "Right Assessment" medication administration right the nurse makes it priority to check what information before administering the Warfarin

• INR result

• PT result

• PTT result

• Blood Sugars

True or False:  The purpose of the medication administration rights is to help prevent medication errors.

• True

• False

A nurse is having trouble reading doctor's order. What should the nurse do?

• call a pharmacist

• call the physician to clarify the order

• consult the charge nurse

• tell the unit secretary to call the doctor and have it clarify

Nurses are responsible for following legal provisions when administering controlled substances or narcotics. what may be the result of a nurse's failure to comply. Most Correct^

• Poor health outcomes resulting from narcotics use

• medication errors

• loss of employment 

•  fines, imprisonment, and less of nurse licensure