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By: Danielle Bouchat-Friedman
Published: 2/3/2021
Ensuring the medications used in your facility are administered properly, stored correctly and wasted appropriately is an ongoing challenge. Answering these eight questions and checking out the advice-filled responses will help you find out if your understanding of proper drug labeling, security and disposal practices makes the grade.
1. About _____ of nurses will suffer from substance use disorder during their careers, according to the American Nurses Association.
2. Which of the following is the most commonly diverted medication, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration?
3. You should spike IV solutions within how many hours of their intended use?
4. A patient claims to be allergic to sulfa medications, which have caused him to suffer major body rashes. Is it necessary to alert anesthesia of the reported allergy to sulfas because some forms of propofol contain sulfites?
5. How much dantrolene is needed to treat malignant hyperthermia in a patient weighing 70 kg?
6. Which two medications are used to treat glaucoma and anxiety, respectively?
7. A patient indicates a "significant allergy" to Percocet on an admission report. The PRN list for pain management lists several drugs and looks like the example below (the checkmarks indicate the prescriber's endorsed orders). What's your next step?
8. How should you address the potential for error shown in this picture?
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