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- If a route is not given in a med order you would:
- Call the physician
- A primary requirement when administering a medication per order is that the:
- Dosage bee within safe limits
- In most agencies when there is an order for meperdine 50 mg IM, q4h, PRN pain the emedication may be given:
- Up to 72 hours
- The major advantage of the unit dose system is that it:
- Reduces errors
- When preparing meds, the FIRST essential step you take is to:
- Compare the label drug name with the order on the medication administration record
- If you have doubts about the accuracy of a drug order, what do you do first?
- Compare the order with the physician's order sheet
- What are the five rights
- Right time right dose right drug right patient right route
- Most narcotic orders are good for how long?
- 3 days
- Doses of meds are recorded where?
- Medication administration record
- What is the most common drug dispensing system?
- Unit dose
- Is aerosol a topical medication?
- Yes
- Opthalmic meds are administered how?
- Surgical asepsis
- A decompression tube is clamped for how long?
- 30-60 minutes
- What position should the patient be in for a suppository?
- Left Sims
- What do you do when administering eye meds?
- Put pressure on the lacrimal ducts
- What is MDI
- Metered Dose Inhaler
- What is a vaginal irrigation called?
- Douche