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The community health nurse is preparing to administer a medication to a patient in the patient's home. The order reads amoxicillin as directed BID PO. The nurse will perform which action?
 
  a. Administer the medication as ordered on the prescription label.
  b. Ask the patient to take the medication as ordered.
  c. Contact the provider to confirm the correct dose of the medication.
  d. Review the drug information to verify the correct dose.

Question 2

A nursing student is working as a home health aide. The patient asks the aide to give a medication, and the aide calls the nurse for permission to perform this task. Which is the correct response by the nurse?
 
  a. I can authorize you to give this medication.
  b. If you have taken a pharmacology course, you may give the medication.
  c. You may assist the patient to self-administer the medication.
  d. You should never assist with medications in the home setting.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The home nurse must have a complete order for giving medications including name of medication, dose, route, frequency, so the nurse should contact the provider to ascertain the dose. The prescription label may be outdated if the provider has changed the regimen.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The certified home health aide should never give medications but may help a patient self-administer a medication.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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