Deck 4: Medication Errors

Question 1

A 78-year-old client has been admitted after an unsuccessful suicide attempt.You have just brought her the first dose of an antidepressant.Which of the following would be the most appropriate regarding handling this client's medications?

A) Allow her to refuse her medications
B) Persuade her that these medications are necessary
C) Remain with her until all medications are swallowed
D) Approach her with firmness and authority

Answer 1

Remain with her until all medications are swallowed

Question 2

Which of the following is a primary benefit to the use of computerized physician order entry for client medications?

A) Reduces time that administering medications takes
B) Eliminates the need to chart medications given
C) Prevents prescribing and transcription errors
D) Helps keep number of medications ordered to a minimum

Answer 2

Prevents prescribing and transcription errors

Question 3

A safe nursing practice regarding the implementation of drug orders is to carry out only

A) telephone orders.
B) written orders.
C) verbal orders.
D) routine orders.

Answer 3

written orders.

Question 4

Which of the following would be an appropriate guideline to use for distributing medications to clients?

A) Only administer medications that you have prepared
B) Give clients unlabeled medications from the pharmacy
C) Rinse off a pill if it has been accidentally dropped
D) Leave medication with a family member to give to the client

Question 5

After hearing the beginning of the shift report,the nurse wants to perform medication reconciliation for the clients assigned for the day.To do this properly,the nurse would do which of the following?

A) Ensure that all medications were charted from the previous shift
B) Ensure that all medications have been signed off in the chart since the last 24-hour chart check
C) Compare the current medication list against the client's medication list from home and any admission and transfer orders
D) Ask each client if he or she plans to refuse any medications ordered for the shift

Question 6

The nurse administered to an adult male hospitalized client a medication intended for his roommate.The most precise terms that applies to this event is which of the following?

A) Adverse drug event
B) Medical error
C) Malpractice
D) Medication error

Question 7

A nurse has made a medication error and the nurse manager needs to take a responsive action.Which of the following means for doing so would be most likely to reduce errors in the future?

A) Examine the nurse's behavior in detail
B) Write a performance warning about the error
C) Arrange a meeting between the manager,nurse,and risk manager
D) Initiate a root cause analysis of the error

Question 8

The nurse is delivering medications to an assigned client,Edna Smith,who has Alzheimer's disease.Which of the following client identification methods used by the nurse is most likely to result in accurate medication delivery?

A) Check the name and date of birth on the label at the foot of the bed and compare it to the medication administration record
B) Check the name and date of birth on the client's ID bracelet against the medication administration record
C) Ask the client,"Are you Edna Smith?"
D) Ask the client if she remembers her name

Question 9

You are about to administer an oral dose of medication to a client.To be cautious about the proper administration of medications,you would

A) call the client by his or her name,and if the client responds,administer the medication.
B) ask the visitor at the bedside to confirm the client's name.
C) rely on the taped band at the foot of the client's bed to confirm the client's identity.
D) ask the client to state his or her name and date of birth.

Question 10

The nurse discovers that the label on the medication bottle became wet and is unreadable.The appropriate response is to

A) relabel the medication bottle.
B) discard the bottle and order new medication.
C) change the medication to a new bottle.
D) send the medication to the pharmacist for relabeling.