WorksheetsUnit H Questions
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
How often should “docusate sodium (Colase) 100 mg b.i.d.” be given?
Three times a day
Two times a day
Every other day
At bedtime
A nurse is assessing a patient for the appropriateness of administering a medication via the oral route. What clinical manifestation indicates that the nurse should ask the provider to change the route.
Nausea
Unconsciousness
Gastric suctioning
Difficulty Swallowing
A nurse holds a bottle with the label next to the palm of the hand when pouring a liquid medication. What is the rationale for this action?
Conceal the label from the curiosity of others
Prevent the soiling of the label by spilled liquid
Ensure the accuracy of the measurement of the dose
Guarantee the label is read before pouring the liquid
A nurse is preparing to administer a tablet to a patient. When should the nurse remove the medication from the unit dose package?
Outside the door to the patient's room
At the patient's bedside
In the medication room
At the medication cart
A nurse teaches a patient about taking a sublingual nitroglycerin tablet. The nurse evaluates that the patient understands the teaching when the patient states, “I should place it…
on my skin."
inside my cheek."
under my tongue."
in my eye on the lower lid."
A nurse is administering an intradermal injection. At what angle should the nurse insert the needle?
90-degree angle
45-degree angle
30-degree angle
15-degree angle
A practitioner prescribed a medication that must be administered transdermally. The nurse determines that a drug administered this route is:
inhaled into the respiratory tract
dissolved under the tongue
absorbed through the skin
inserted into the rectum
A nurse plans to administer a 3 mL intramuscular injection. Which muscle is the least desirable to use for the administration of this medication?
Deltoid
Dorsogluteal
Ventrogluteal
Vastus Lateralis
A patient is to receive amoxicillin 500 mg q8h; the medication is dispensed at 250mg/5mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer for one dose? Record your answer using a whole number only. (a) .
The nurse is caring for two patients with the same last name, in this situation which right of medication administration is priority to reduce the chance of a medication error?
right medication
right patient
right dose
right route
A patient has an order to receive 12.5 mg of hydrochlorothiazide. The nurse has on hand a 25 mg tablet. How many tablet(s) will the nurse administer?
1/2 tablet
1 tablet
1 1/2 tablets
2 tablets
The nurse is administering 250 mg of a medication elixir to the patient. The patient comes in a dose of 1000mg/5mL. How many milliliters should the nurse administer? Round your answer using one decimal place only (no label) (a) .
A health care provider orders lorazepam (Ativan) 1 mg orally 2 times a day. The dose is available in 0.5 mg per tablet. How many tablet(s) will the nurse administer each dose?
1
2
3
4
A registered nurse interprets a scribbled medication order to read 25 mg. The nurse administers 25 mg of the medication to the patient and then discovers that the dose was incorrectly interpreted and should have been 15 mg. Who is ultimately responsible for the error?
Health care provider
Pharmacist
Hospital
Nurse
