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mynx · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

As the nurse is coming on duty to take over the day shift, the night nurse tells the nurse that she has already counted the controlled drugs for the day shift. What should the nurse do in this situation?

a. Do nothing; this is standard procedure.
b. Accept the keys and recount the drugs.
c. Recount the drugs with another nurse.
d. Count the drugs at the end of your shift.

Question 2

A nurse is administering a patient's medication by mouth. The nurse knows that for this medication to be utilized by the body, diffusion, filtration, and osmosis must take place. Which mechanism is the first to be involved in that process?

a. Excretion
b. Metabolism
c. Distribution
d. Absorption

dudman123 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
At the end of each shift, the contents of the locked cabinet are counted together by one nurse from each shift. A nurse who is willing to take the word of another nurse from the previous shift, without verifying the count, risks being held accountable for any shortages or discrepancies, and may be found guilty of falsifying records. If you go along with her, you are falsifying records.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Absorption involves the way a drug enters the body and passes into the body and tissues. Absorption takes place through the processes of diffusion, filtration, and osmosis.