Deck 10: Medication Administration Records and Medication Distribution Systems

Question 1

How many hours are between the scheduled times for Robitussin? _______ hours

Answer 1

8

Question 2

Refer to the portion of the MAR provided below to answer the question(s).
The medications ordered to be administered "as needed" are

A) penicillin.
B) codeine.
C) Robitussin.
D) Percocet.
E) Tylenol.

Answer 2

C,D,E

Question 3

K-Dur 10 mmol is ordered.What does mmol mean? _______________

Answer 3

Millimole

Question 4

Refer to the portion of the MAR provided below to answer the question(s).
By what route will the K-Dur be administered? _______________

Question 5

You work from 1500 hours to 2300 hours on 5/2/2016.Which standing medication(s)will you administer to the patient? If more than one medication,answer in alphabetical order,with a comma and a space separating your answers _______________

Question 6

Essential components of a medication administration record include the

A) date the order was written.
B) time of medication administration.
C) hospital unit.
D) initials of person transcribing the order.
E) number of doses left on hand.

Question 7

What are the scheduled times for administering K-Dur? (State in international time using a comma and a space to separate your answers. )
_______________ hours

Question 8

Technology in relation to medication administration:

A) eliminates all sources of error.
B) substitutes for the knowledge of the practitioner.
C) eliminates the need for patient identification checks by the nurse.
D) provides safeguards that are not possible with manual medication administration systems.
E) has been shown to decrease the number of medication errors.

Question 9

Refer to the portion of the MAR provided below to answer the question(s).
The patient's medication allergy is (are)

A) penicillin.
B) codeine.
C) Robitussin.
D) none known.
E) Tylenol.

Question 10

Refer to the portion of the MAR provided below to answer the question(s).
The patient's vital signs are: temperature 38.2° C,pulse 104,respirations 22.Which medications will you administer to this patient at 0900 hours?

A) Colace
B) Furosemide
C) K-Dur
D) Digoxin
E) Tylenol

Question 11

Characteristics of computerized patient order entry (CPOE)include:

A) reduction in transcription errors.
B) inability to initial when a medication is administered.
C) increase in patient injury.
D) lower prescription errors.
E) automatic identification of medication incompatibilities.

Question 12

How many times in a 24-hour period will K-Dur be administered? Provide your answer as a whole number.__________

Question 13

Refer to the portion of the MAR provided below to answer the question(s).
If the patient receives the Percocet at 1000 hours on 4/10/2016,what time can the next dose be given? (State the time in international time. )_________ hours

Question 14

What dose of digoxin is to be administered? Do not include units in answer _____________

Question 15

A medication administration record (MAR)cannot be handwritten.

Question 16

Characteristics of unit dose dispensing systems include:

A) medications being dispensed by the nurse.
B) bulk availability of medications on the unit.
C) medications being placed in a patient-identified drawer.
D) medications labelled with generic and trade names.
E) all medications can be dispensed as unit dose.