ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW

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ATI PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW The nurse answers a patient’s call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed and requesting pain medication. What will the nurse do first? - AS... SESS THE PATIENT’S PAIN & PAIN LEVEL The patient’s medication administration record lists two antiepileptic medications that are due at 0900, but the patient is NPO for a barium study. The nurse’s coworker suggests giving the medications via IV because the patient is NPO. What will the nurse do? -CALL THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO CLARIFY INSTRUCTIONS A nurse makes an error when administering medications to a patient. Which action by the nurse requires the supervising nurse to intervene? The nurse -RECORD COMPLETION OF AN INCIDENT REPORT IN MEDICAL CHART A patient is prescribed ibuprofen 200 mg PO every 4 hours as needed for pain. The pharmacy sends up enteric-coated tablets, but the patient refuses the tablets, stating that she cannot swallow pills. What will the nurse do? -CALL THE PHARMACY AND ASK FOR THE LIQUID FORM OF THE MEDICATION [Show More]

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