Microsoft word - gen nursing pharmacology_med administration test.doc
5321 N. Torno Court Litchfield Park, Arizona 85340 Phone: (623) 337-5305 Fax: (623) 243-5244 GENERAL NURSING PHARMACOLOGY/ MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION TEST
1. List the five rights when administering medications:
2. List the two ways to identify patient correctly prior to the administration of a medication:
3. Which of these abbreviations indicate that a drug is to be administered at regularly spaced
4. How many mil igrams are equivalent to 0.035 grams?
5. A patient is to receive 1 gm of Ancef IV in 100 mil of 5% dextrose in normal saline in one hour.
The infusion set delivers 60 microdrips per mil iliter. How many microdrops of medication
6. Depo-Medrol comes prepared in 5ml of sterile aqueous containing 20 mg/ml. Depo-medrol 45 mg
is ordered. How many ml of the medication should be administered?
7. A patient is to receive 600 ml of fluids during a 5 hour period ordered. The drip is 10 drops/Icc.
How many ml of the medications should be administered?
8. Cortisone Acetate 25 mg is prescribed for a patient. The medication is supplied as a solution
containing 50 mg per mil iliter. How many ml should the patient receive?
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9. A vial of regular insulin is labeled “100 U, per ml.” How much insulin should be given to administer
10. Atropine Sulfate 0.3 ml is ordered. The vial is labeled 0.4 mg per ml. How many ml should the
11. After the nurse draws a narcotic the patient refuses the medications. Which of the fol owing
a. Label the syringe and put it in narcotics box to be administered later.
b. Discard the medication from the syringe and have action verified by the witness in
c. Inject the medication deep into the muscle, withdraw the needle, and hold the tissue
12. When reconstituting drugs of injection, it is important to use the type of diluents that the
pharmaceutical company suggests for which of these reasons?
13. Which of these actions is it essential to take prior to instil ing ear drops?
c. Placing the medication in the lower recumbent position.
14. Which of these practices is incorrect when administering a liquid eye medication?
a. Requesting that the patient look upward.
b. Holding the dropper 2 inches above the eye.
c. Placing the medication in the lower conjunctival sac.
15. Fol owing surgery, a patient when DM is to have insulin scale. Which of these types of insulin
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16. An adult patient is receiving Lanoxin. Before administering this medication, the nurse takes the
apical pulse and finds it to be 52 beats per minutes.
a. Compare pulse with pt’s unusual pulse rate
b. Hold the medication and notify doctor
c. Give medication and chart the patient’s pulse rate
17. Which of these medications should be on hand to counteract a side of coumadin?
18. It is preferable to administer a subcutaneous injection of heparin into which of these sites?
19. What is the correct course of action to take if you give wrong medication?
20. A patient uses two medications in the treatment of her arthritis. Butazolidin and Indocin. When
21. The recommended daily dose of Dilantin is 5 mg/ kg/ day. A 35lb child should receive
22. Order: 1000cc D5LR every 5 hours. The drip factor is 20 gtts/Icc. What is the correct rate if
23. A child weighing 30 kilograms is to receive 4mg/kg / Solu-Medrol q 6 h IV. Available in 40 mg/ml.
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24. Which age group would you expect to metabolize medication faster?
25. Which of the fol owing alters pharmacokinetic processes in the older adult?
26. Which of the fol owing abbreviations indicate that a drug is to be administered at regularly spaced
intervals during twenty four (24) period?
27. When a patient is receiving TPN, a constant flow rate is maintained for which of these reasons?
a. To al ow a more equal balance between insulin release and glucose intake.
b. To minimize the possibility of an al ergic reaction.
c. To assure that the kidneys can compensate for the fluid intake and excrete
28. How many mil igrams are equivalent to 0.035 grams?
29. 100 kilograms equals ___________ pounds.
30. What are the nursing responsibilities for patients with continuous tube feedings who are at risk of
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