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ORAL MEDICATION ROUTE NCLEX QUIZ QUESTIONS
Question 1: What is the best way for the nurse to make sure that the right patient is receiving a prescribed drug when the patient is alert and oriented?
- Ask the patient to state his or her name
- Check the patient’s wrist band
- Look at the patient’s chart
- Have the patient state his or her name and date of birth
Question 2: When is it acceptable for the nurse to take a verbal order from the prescriber before giving a medication to a patient?
- During the night shift when the prescriber is not at the hospital
- In an emergency situation such as a cardiac arrest
- When a patient is experiencing severe pain
- At any time it is necessary
Question 3: The nurse is giving morning medications to a patient who refuses to take an oral dose of docusate (Colace). What is the nurse’s best response?
- Your provider ordered that you must take this drug twice a day
- Docusate will soften your bowel movements so that you do not strain
- The medication will help prevent constipation while you are on bed rest
- Can you tell me why you do not want to take the docusate?
Question 4: The provider orders atenolol (Tenormin) 25 mg to be given orally once a day to control a patient’s high blood pressure. The nurse takes the patient’s vital sign and finds the blood pressure is 128/80 and the heart rate is 60 bpm. What does the nurse do first before giving this medication?
- Check the order for provider limitations on when the drug should be given
- Notify the provider and ask if the drug should be given
- Reassess the blood pressure and heart rate in 30 minutes
- Give the medication exactly as prescribed
Question 5: A sublingual medication is administered by placing the medication in what part of the body?
- Between the check and upper jaw
- Under the tongue
- In the nose
- In the eyes
Question 6: A patient requires a high dose of a new antihypertensive medication because the new medication has a significant first-pass effect. What does this mean?
- The medication must pass through the patient’s bloodstream several times to generate a therapeutic effect
- The medication passes through the renal tubules and is excreted in large amounts
- The medication is extensively metabolized in the patient’s liver
- The medication is ineffective following the first dose and increasingly effective with each subsequent dose
Question 7: Concerning oral administration, some disadvantages are ______________ SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
- Least economical
- Medications taken orally cause emesis
- Medications taken orally may be destroyed by gastric acidity
- Medications taken orally may be metabolized by gastrointestinal flora
- Medications taken orally may be consistently absorbed dur to the presence of food
ORAL MEDICATION ROUTE NCLEX QUIZ ANSWERS
Question 1: What is the best way for the nurse to make sure that the right patient is receiving a prescribed drug when the patient is alert and oriented?
- Ask the patient to state his or her name
- Check the patient’s wrist band
- Look at the patient’s chart
- Have the patient state his or her name and date of birth
Question 2: When is it acceptable for the nurse to take a verbal order from the prescriber before giving a medication to a patient?
- During the night shift when the prescriber is not at the hospital
- In an emergency situation such as a cardiac arrest
- When a patient is experiencing severe pain
- At any time it is necessary
Question 3: The nurse is giving morning medications to a patient who refuses to take an oral dose of docusate (Colace). What is the nurse’s best response?
- Your provider ordered that you must take this drug twice a day
- Docusate will soften your bowel movements so that you do not strain
- The medication will help prevent constipation while you are on bed rest
- Can you tell me why you do not want to take the docusate?
Question 4: The provider orders atenolol (Tenormin) 25 mg to be given orally once a day to control a patient’s high blood pressure. The nurse takes the patient’s vital sign and finds the blood pressure is 128/80 and the heart rate is 60 bpm. What does the nurse do first before giving this medication?
- Check the order for provider limitations on when the drug should be given
- Notify the provider and ask if the drug should be given
- Reassess the blood pressure and heart rate in 30 minutes
- Give the medication exactly as prescribed
Question 5: A sublingual medication is administered by placing the medication in what part of the body?
- Between the check and upper jaw
- Under the tongue
- In the nose
- In the eyes
Question 6: A patient requires a high dose of a new antihypertensive medication because the new medication has a significant first-pass effect. What does this mean?
- The medication must pass through the patient’s bloodstream several times to generate a therapeutic effect
- The medication passes through the renal tubules and is excreted in large amounts
- The medication is extensively metabolized in the patient’s liver
- The medication is ineffective following the first dose and increasingly effective with each subsequent dose
Question 7: Concerning oral administration, some disadvantages are ______________ SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
- Least economical
- Medications taken orally cause emesis
- Medications taken orally may be destroyed by gastric acidity
- Medications taken orally may be metabolized by gastrointestinal flora
- Medications taken orally may be consistently absorbed dur to the presence of food