MATH AND DOSAGE CALCULATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS 5th Edition By Kathryn Booth – Test Bank

Chapter 11

Safe Medication Administration

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Identify the problem with the order Restoril 7.5 mg 1 capsule po qhs.
   A. There is no problem with this order.
   B.  Dosage strength is not specified.
   C.  Route is incorrect for dosage form.
   D.  The error-prone abbreviation qhs is used.

Use “at bedtime” rather than qhs.

2. The patient is ordered Heparin 5,000 units Sub-Q daily. Is this order correct?
   A. There is no problem with this order.
   B.  Sub-Q is an error-prone abbreviation.
   C.  Route is incorrect for dosage form.
   D.  Dose is incorrect.

Use subcut rather than Sub-Q.

3. Documentation of medication administration should be done
   A. right after you prepare the medication.
   B.  right before you administer the medication.
   C.  immediately after you administer the medication.
   D.  at the end of the shift.

Medication administration must be documented immediately after administering the medication.

4. Based on the recommendations of The Joint Commission and ISMP, which of the following is the preferred way to abbreviate “morphine sulfate”?
   A. MS
   B.  It should not be abbreviated.
   C.  MSO4
   D.  MSulfate

Both organizations recommend that morphine sulfate not be abbreviated.

5. Which entity has developed a list of error-prone abbreviations through its Medication Errors Reporting Program?
   A. TJC
   B.  JCAHO
   C.  ISMP
   D.  FDA

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) developed a list of error-prone abbreviations through its Medication Errors Reporting Program.

6. A healthcare provider has a responsibility to tell a patient the reason for taking the medication, the effect of the medication, and the side effects of the medication. Which right is this?
   A. right reason
   B.  right to know
   C.  right drug
   D.  right technique

A patient has a right to know the reason for taking a medication, the effect of a medication, and the side effects of a medication.

7. The physician’s order does not include why a medication is to be given. The healthcare provider administering the medication will not be able to fulfill which “right” of medication administration without clarifying the order?
   A. right drug
   B.  right reason
   C.  right to know
   D.  right documentation

The healthcare provider must know the reason a medication is being administered to avoid errors.

8. Which of these is not one of the three times a medication is checked?
   A. when it is documented
   B.  when it is replaced on the shelf
   C.  when it is removed from the shelf
   D.  when it is prepared

A medication should be checked when it is removed from the shelf, prepared, and replaced on the shelf.

9. Checking a medication three times ensures which of the following?
   A. The order was transcribed correctly.
   B.  You know how to administer the medication as ordered.
   C.  The order is correct.
   D.  You have the right medication in the correct dosage form.

Checking a medication three times ensures you have the right medication in the correct dosage form.

10. The abbreviation cc (cubic centimeter) is considered to be error prone; what should be used instead?
    A. ccm
    B.  ccL
    C.  mL
    D.  ccn

The preferred abbreviation is mL, which stands for milliliters.