Medication rounds that your patient was administered

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1. You discover during medication rounds that your patient was administered with drug pre-scribed for another patient with same first name and Surname. Describe what action you will take including documentation?

2. Mrs. Jenson 87 years old is admitted with UTI from a nursing home to the medical ward. She has dementia and gets verbally aggressive when upset which is worsened now with UTI. You have just come on shift and went to assess the patient. You found the morning medication which appeared to be the oral antibiotic on the bedside table. The drug chart has the morn-ing antibiotic signed off by the previous shift RN.

What is your responsibility as a nurse to deal with the situation as the next dose is due in an hour and you are unable to get a proper response from the patient regarding this?

3. When a patient is admitted, you are expected to make an assessment which includes taking medication history. What is the significance of this?

4. List the essential common considerations in paediatric dosage calculations?

5. Your patient with a chronic arterial ulcer is due for dressing. The standing instruction for this particular patient is pain relief 30 minutes prior to dressing. You check the drug order which has a synthetic morphine ordered orally (oxycodone 10-15mg)

a. Which group of drug is oxycodone?

b. What are your responsibilities regarding checking and documenting this drug?

c. What are some of the side effects of this drug? (at least 3)

What is your responsibility as a nurse to deal with the situation as the next dose is due in an hour and you are unable to get a proper response from the patient regarding this?

3. When a patient is admitted, you are expected to make an assessment which includes taking medication history. What is the significance of this?

4. List the essential common considerations in paediatric dosage calculations?

a. Which group of drug is oxycodone?
b. What are your responsibilities regarding checking and documenting this drug?
c. What are some of the side effects of this drug? (at least 3)

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