A nurse is reviewing the six rights of medication administration. ...

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A nurse is reviewing the six rights of medication administration. Which medication order is written correctly?
 
  a. Regular insulin 10 units SubQ q AM
  b. Regular insulin 10U subQ q AM
  c. Regular insulin 10 units SQ q AM
  d. Regular insulin 10.0 units subQ q AM

Question 2

A prescriber has ordered a placebo for a patient. Which statement would most accurately reflect the placebo effect of medications?
 
  a. A placebo effect is caused by psychological factors rather than physiological ones.
  b. When a placebo effect occurs, it indicates that the patient did not have an illness.
  c. A placebo effect is a rare effect seen only with psychotropic medications.
  d. A placebo effect is almost always a positive response that facilitates healing.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Regular insulin 10 units SubQ q AM is correct, because it uses correct and approved abbreviations.
Units should be written out; the use of U is incorrect, because it is an unapproved abbreviation.
SQ is not an approved abbreviation; SubQ should be used instead.
The use of a trailing zero is no longer approved; 10.0 should be written as 10.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
A placebo effect is caused by psychological factors, not physiological factors.
A placebo effect does not determine whether a patient has an illness.
A placebo is ordered for various reasons; each is individualized and not for specific classifications of drugs only.
A placebo effect may or may not be positive; depending on what the patient believes is the effect on the body.

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