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Question 1 of 8
1. Question
To establish the patient’s identity,
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Question 2 of 8
2. Question
Typical reasons why the wrong medication has been administered to patients include all of the following, except
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Question 3 of 8
3. Question
To ensure that the medication ordered is administered by the intended route, the nurse should
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Question 4 of 8
4. Question
Nursing staff do not need to worry about the dosing of the medication administered, since this is the responsibility of the prescribing provider.
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Question 5 of 8
5. Question
Illegibility and incorrect location of decimal points are two reasons that dosing errors may occur.
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Question 6 of 8
6. Question
Possible dosing errors may occur during dosage calculations, when medication is crushed, and when medication is in multi-dose vials.
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Question 7 of 8
7. Question
Oral checks should be done to ensure that the patient actually swallowed their medication. This is done because
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Question 8 of 8
8. Question
Multi-use vials of medication may cost less per dose than standard, patient specific medication, but there are many serious errors associated with their use. According to the Institute for Safe Medical Practices, common reasons for medication errors associated with multi-dose vial use include all of the following, except: