When the medication nurse offers a pill to the older adult patient, the patient asks, What is this and what is it for? The nurse's best response would be:
a. I am not at liberty to discuss your medication. You need to talk to your doctor.
b. That is a feel good' pill that will make you feel better.
c. It is a cephalosporin that has been ordered to treat your URI.
d. It is an antibiotic for the infection in your urine.
Question 2The nurse includes information in the nursing care plan pertinent to the patient's needs as they relate to drug administration, which include______________________
____. (Select all that apply.)
a. schedule for drawing blood values
b. patient's need for crushing medication
c. patient's preference as to the use medium in which to give crushed medicines
d. schedule of medication and dose times
e. parameters of pulse or blood pressure, if significant to administration
Question 3When the patient complains that the several pills at the 8 am dose stick in her throat, the nurse could facilitate administration by:
a. suggesting that she take all the pills at one time with a mouthful of water.
b. offering the patient one pill at a time.
c. crushing all the pills and mix them in the patient's breakfast cereal.
d. offering a sip of water before and after each pill.
Question 4The physician has written an order to convert an enteric-coated medication from the pill form to the liquid form. The nurse should:
a. transcribe the order and change the medication administration record to show the liquid form.
b. use up the rest of the tablets by crushing them and giving them dissolved in water.
c. order the liquid form from the pharmacy as ordered.
d. inquire if the physician wants the dose to be the same as the pill.
Question 5The medication nurse is aware that the most reliable method of patient identification for administration of medications is:
a. a photograph of the patient.
b. an identification bracelet.
c. asking the patient to repeat his or her name.
d. use of the patient's room number.
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