Drug medication

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Mastering Medication Management

Test your knowledge on drug medication with our comprehensive quiz! This quiz covers essential topics such as drug preparation, administration, documentation, and different medication types.

What you'll learn:

Dosage calculations
Routes of drug administration
Types of medication
Important medication orders

53 Questions13 MinutesCreated by AdministeringNurse123

� read and analyze the doctor’s order. Try to compute whether the dosage is correct.

Drug preparation

Drug administration

Drug documentation

You must know how to administer the drug particularly the route like oral, topical, parenteral and in parenteral u have intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular and intravenous.

Drug preparation

Drug administration

Drug documentation

You must document the drug that you administered. Task not documented is task not done.

Drug preparation

Drug administration

Drug documentation

it relieves the symptoms of the disease but does not treat the disease itself.

Palliative

Curative

Supportive

It replaces body fluid or substances. Example is Insulin for diabetes

Substitutive

Chemotherapeutic

Restorative

It restores client’s health. Example of this are the vitamins and mineral supplements.

Substitutive

Chemotherapeutic

Restorative

A drug order that must be carried ONLY ONCE. This is a one-time order only.

Standing Order

Single Order

Stat order

Prn order

A drug order that must be carried out as specified by the doctor until it is cancelled or changed by the doctor.

Standing Order

Single Order

Stat order

Prn order

A drug order that must be carried when needed or when necessary with 4 hours interval also

Standing Order

Single Order

Stat order

Prn order

A drug order that must be carried out AT ONCE or Immediately.

Standing Order

Single Order

Stat order

Prn order

Give the medication ordered by the doctor. You may also counter check if the medication card is up to date by checking the Doctor’s order found in the client’s chart.

Right Client or Patient

Right Medication or Drug

Right Dose

Right Time or frequency

Ask the client to state his full name if applicable. (Do not state the patients name)

Right Client or Patient

Right Medication or Drug

Right Dose

Right Time or frequency

Administer the drug according to the frequency For example OD- 8 am, BID 8 am and 6 pm.

Right Client or Patient

Right Medication or Drug

Right Dose

Right Time or frequency

Administer the drug with the dose ordered by the doctor.

Right Client or Patient

Right Medication or Drug

Right Dose

Right Time or frequency

Administer the drug based on the order of the doctor and check if the route is safe for the client.

Right Route

Right Client Education

Right Documentation

Document or record each drug you administered. In case if a drug is not administered, be sure to record the reason why the drug was not administered. Possible reasons are: R, NA, or P.

Right Route

Right Client Education

Right Documentation

Explain to the client why he is receiving the drug, how will the drug help her condition, what to expect and possible side effects.

Right Route

Right Client Education

Right Documentation

Your responsibility is to make the client informed of the possible consequences of his action.

Right to Refuse

Right Assessment

Right Evaluation

The nurse to monitor the client’s response to the drug or if there are any side effects or adverse reactions the client is experiencing.

Right to Refuse

Right Assessment

Right Evaluation

Some medications like prn medications require assessment form the nurse.

Right to Refuse

Right Assessment

Right Evaluation

To straighten the ear canal of adult you should?

Pull backward and upward

Pull backward and downward

To straighten the ear canal of children you should?

Pull backward and upward

Pull backward and downward

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