Deck 7: Safe Medication Administration

Question 1

Name the six rights of medication administration.

Answer 1

Right drug, right dose, right route, right time, right individual, right recording

Question 2

What is the correct conversion of 11:00
a.m. (standard time) to military time?

Answer 2

1100

Question 3

How is a medication administered when it is ordered by the sublingual route?

Answer 3

Under the tongue

Question 4

What is the correct conversion of 1500 (military time) to standard time?

Question 5

What is the correct conversion of 9:00 p.m. (standard time) to military time?

Question 6

What is the correct conversion of 2300 (military time) to standard time?

Question 7

What is the correct conversion of 0020 (military time) to standard time?

Question 8

What is the correct conversion of 4:30 p.m. (standard time) to military time?

Question 9

What is the correct conversion of 2245 (military time) to standard time?

Question 10

What is the correct conversion of 1730 (military time) to standard time?

Question 11

What is the correct conversion of 5:10
a.m. (standard time) to military time?

Question 12

What is the correct conversion of 0930 (military time) to standard time?

Question 13

Name three precautions that should be considered when using a transdermal patch.

Question 14

What is the correct conversion of 6:00 p.m. (standard time) to military time?

Question 15

What is the correct conversion of 0700 (military time) to standard time?

Question 16

While preparing dosages, how many times should the drug order and the drug label routinely be checked against each other?

Question 17

What is the correct conversion of 2:45 p.m. (standard time) to military time?

Question 18

What is an MAR?

Question 19

What is the first step of action to take when a medication error has occurred?

Question 20

According to The Joint Commission (2005), the medical abbreviation "QOD" has been eliminated. What term should be used instead?

Question 21

Find the error in the following order.
NPH insulin 56 u subcutaneous 1800

Question 22

Find the error in the following order.
MS 10 mg PO bid prior to dressing changes at 1000 and 2200

Question 23

Find the error in the following order
Digoxin .125 mg PO daily 0900

Question 24

Find the error in the following order.
Lisinopril 10.0 mg PO daily 0800

Question 25

Find the error in the following order.
Lasix 25 mg PO QD 0800