Deck 13: Medication Errors

Question 1

Medication errors should be reported to which agency by using the program MedWatch?

A) CMS
B) FDA
C) DEA
D) State Board of Pharmacy

Answer 1

FDA

Question 2

Medication errors in the health care setting may occur in which of the following processes?

A) dispensing medications
B) ordering medications
C) transcribing medications
D) all of the above

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

Which of the following medications is NOT on the list of "highest alert" concerning medication errors?

A) insulin
B) penicillin injection
C) potassium chloride injection
D) heparin

Answer 3

penicillin injection

Question 4

Most experts agree that medication errors are due to a

A) shortage of physicians
B) shortage of pharmacists
C) shortage of pharmacy technicians
D) poor system

Question 5

Which of the following organizations works to analyze dangerous medication errors?

A) FDA
B) DEA
C) ISMP
D) both a and c

Question 6

Medication errors may occur

A) during manufacturing
B) in pharmacies
C) in hospitals
D) in all of the above

Question 7

Poor lighting may cause

A) computer crashes
B) labels to be misread
C) miscommunication
D) inadequate patient counseling

Question 8

Which of the following health care providers has the final opportunity to avoid a mistake?

A) pharmacist
B) pharmacy technician
C) physician
D) nurse

Question 9

Which of the following factors may cause the patient harm during administration of medication using pumps?

A) when equipment is old
B) when equipment and technique are not sterile
C) when nurses are not licensed
D) when pharmacy technicians are not certified

Question 10

Which of the following does not influence prescribing errors?

A) illegible handwriting
B) lack of patient information
C) expiration of license
D) inadequate monitoring

Question 11

Which of the following is the correct way of writing a dose of morphine injection for an infant?

A) morphine 0.4 mg
B) morphine 4.0 mg
C) morphine .4 mg
D) morphine 04 mg

Question 12

Risk factors for medication errors regarding human factors include all of the following, EXCEPT

A) poor management
B) stress
C) fatigue
D) reviewing medical records

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT essential to avoid medication errors?

A) confirming the patient's identity
B) verifying the patient's allergy history
C) maintaining continuing education
D) verifying the patient's Social Security number

Question 14

Which of the following factors has been documented as the second most prevalent cause of medication errors?

A) inadequate patient monitoring
B) lack of drug knowledge
C) illegible handwriting
D) problems with herbal remedies

Question 15

All of the following factors may cause administering errors, EXCEPT

A) faulty drug identification
B) patient's condition
C) misuse of infusion pumps
D) memory lapses

Question 16

Which of the following is a good risk reduction strategy for preventing medication errors?

A) documenting essential patient information
B) offering sale prices on expired medications
C) consulting with a patient's lawyer
D) reusing medication bottles

Question 17

Which of the following are the most common medication errors that occur in adults and children?

A) dosing errors
B) administering errors
C) transcribing errors
D) dispensing errors

Question 18

Wrong doses can easily be avoided by using

A) unit-dose systems
B) expired drugs
C) internet pharmacy
D) generic drugs

Question 19

Which of the following agencies developed a "DO NOT USE" abbreviation list to avoid medication errors?

A) Joint Commission
B) DEA
C) HIPAA
D) FDA

Question 20

Which of the following is the most common cause of death in the United States?

A) breast and prostate cancer
B) vehicle accidents
C) medication errors
D) medical errors

Question 21

A medication error must be documented with the ____________________ of the individual who made the error.

Question 22

When a medication must be taken "on a empty stomach," this means either ____________________ minutes before a meal or ____________________ hours after a meal.

Question 23

Doses of drugs must be measured out with complete ____________________.

Question 24

A nurse must always remember to ____________________ each administration of medication.

Question 25

To avoid medication errors, patients should be encouraged to

A) go to college for higher education
B) ask questions about their medications
C) ask for generic drugs
D) go to the Internet to purchase cheaper drugs

Question 26

Herbal remedies may ____________________ dangerously with certain medications.

Question 27

If a physician prescribes anticoagulants for a patient and the patient is taking aspirin at home for pain relief, which of the following adverse reactions may occur?

A) vomiting
B) diarrhea
C) convulsions
D) bleeding

Question 28

A health care provider who has the responsibility of administering a medication has the ____________________ opportunity to avoid a mistake.

Question 29

Medication errors may occur when patients ____________________ drugs at home.

Question 30

Which of the following is used to measure the intensity of a patient's pain level?

A) MAR
B) MSDS
C) pain management
D) pain scale

Question 31

Deaths due to medical errors in United States hospitals exceed ____________________ per year.

Question 32

Every patient's pain ____________________ level is different.

Question 33

Both internal and external noise can interrupt the ____________________ of health care workers and cause medication errors.

Question 34

The most common medication error is the ____________________ of the drug.

Question 35

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) estimates that approximately 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of medical errors, with nearly ____________________ of these attributable to actual medication errors.

Question 36

It is important that when medications are administered, the drug and dose should be read and verified at least ____________________ times.

Question 37

Which of the following is an example of leading zeros?

A) 0.6
B) 6.0
C) 0006
D) 60.06

Question 38

Prescribing ____________________ may be due to human factors.

Question 39

Flow sheets are used to ____________________ each dose of every medication, allowing caregivers to track the patient's response to each drug over time.

Question 40

The process of entering a physician's order into a computer is called

A) transmission
B) transplantation
C) transcription
D) transaction

Question 41

Explain medication errors during drug administration.

Question 43

What are the potential liabilities for pharmacy technicians and pharmacists regarding medication errors?

Question 44

Trailing zeros are those that ____________________ decimal points.

Question 45

What factors cause medication errors?

Question 46

Explain penalties concerning malpractice for a pharmacist.

Question 47

Explain the effect of negligence in medication errors and potential legal outcomes.

Question 48

Explain human factors that increase the risk of medication errors, and give five examples.

Question 49

Explain why medication errors should be reported.

Question 50

What is the FDA MedWatch program?

Question 51

Describe the patient's role in medication errors.

Question 52

Some patients use illegal drugs that they often do not ____________________ to their physicians.

Question 53

Abbreviations may cause confusion for other health care providers. Therefore, the Joint Commission and the ISMP have made lists of potentially dangerous ____________________.

Question 54

Leading zeros should be used before ____________________ points.

Question 55

Describe how to avoid medication errors.

Question 56

Pharmacy technicians must attempt to do everything possible to ____________________ medication errors.