Test Bank For Calculating Drug Dosages A Patient-Safe Approach to Nursing and Math 3rd Edition By Sandra Luz Martinez de CastilloRN, Maryanne Werner-McCullough Chapter 1-22 Chapter 1: Safety in Medication Administration
1. The following medication order is in the patient’s medication administration record (MAR): MethylPREDnisolone 40 mg PO daily at 0900. After reading the order, the nurse correctly determines: A ―PO‖ is an inappropriate abbreviation. B The medication order is written correctly. C 40 mg should be written as 40mg. D Tall man lettering indicates that the drug is a narcotic. ANS: B Feedback The medication order has all the required components (drug name, dose, route, and frequency of administration) for a drug order. ―PO‖ is an appropriate abbreviation; 40 mg is written correctly with a space between the dose and the unit of measurement. Tall man lettering is used to distinguish the drug from another drug with a similar name.
2. Which of the following accurately describes the boxed warning found on a drug label? A It is used primarily to identify the safe dose for the patient. B It is commonly found on all drug labels. C The information lists major risks related to the use of the drug. D It alerts the provider that the drug name may be confused with a similar drug name.
ANS: C Feedback A drug label with a boxed warning provides information to healthcare professionals and patients regarding the major risks related to the drug. The boxed warning helps to alert providers to a potentially serious side effect of a medicine or to restrictions on the use of a medicine. Not all drugs carry a boxed warning. The boxed warning does not refer to drug names.
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