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evelyn o bentley

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In order to ensure that a medication is given to the right patient, the nurse must perform which action?
 
  a. Ask the patient to spell their last name.
  b. Match the patient with a photo ID.
  c. Swipe a bar code on the patient's ID bracelet.
  d. Verify the patient using two identifiers.

Question 2

A high-school student regularly forgets to use a twice-daily inhaled corticosteroid to prevent asthma flares and is repeatedly admitted to the hospital.
 
  The child's parent tells the nurse that the child has been told that forgetting to take the medication causes frequent hospitalizations. The nurse will
  a. encourage the child to take responsibility for taking the medication.
  b. reinforce the need to take prescribed medications to avoid hospitalizations.
  c. suggest putting the inhaler with the child's toothbrush to use before brushing teeth.
  d. suggest that the child's parents administer the medication to increase compliance.



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skipfourms123

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
The Joint Commission requires two forms of identification before medication administration. Patients are asked to state their name and date of birth. Some, but not all institutions, use photos and bar codes to aid in identification.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
It is important to empower patients to take responsibility for managing medications. Putting the medication with the toothbrush can help this child remember to use it. Telling the child to take medications and reminding the child that failure to do so results in hospitalization is not working. Asking the child's parents to administer the medication does not empower the adolescent to take responsibility.




evelyn o bentley

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


cassie_ragen

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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