Important considerations are to be followed when administering medications to prevent errors. Shortcuts should not be taken, and principles should be adhered to. One of these principles is:
a. placing an unlabeled syringe on the medication cart.
b. following the six rights of medication administration.
c. leaving a medication with the patient only when family is there.
d. always charting medications before the end of shift.
Question 2When a patient tells the nurse that he has tried to stop his drug habit, but he doesn't feel normal without it, the nurse recognizes the patient is in which stage of dependence?
a. Early
b. Prodromal
c. Middle
d. Late
Question 3The nurse who was going off shift had prepared the medications for the nurse who was going to relieve her to save the new nurse time. The nurse coming on knew that she should:
a. give the medications when ordered.
b. recheck the medications.
c. never give medications another person has prepared.
d. identify each medication as it is given.
Question 4An abnormal condition in which a person must sit or stand to breathe deeply or comfortably is known as ___________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Question 5In some health care facilities, the LPN/LVN is allowed to take telephone orders from a physician. The nurse must be alert and careful when taking verbal orders. One precaution the nurse should take is to:
a. write quickly.
b. repeat the order to the physician.
c. have another nurse listen on an extension.
d. sign and initial the physician's name on the order.
Question 6The nurse counsels the recreational user that drugs that make the user feel good have the potential to become progressively addicting until the abuser exhibits:
a. addiction to the drug.
b. increased amounts used.
c. loss of control over use.
d. high level of anxiety.
Question 7If the nurse's assessment reveals low stress tolerance, negative self-image, and depression, the nurse concludes the patient is a(n):
a. recreational drug user.
b. preaddiction stage user.
c. addictive personality user.
d. criminally inclined user.
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