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What is the best method to use when identifying a patient before administering a medication?
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Have them state name and date of birth.
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What do you need to know for giving medication?
We need to observe the symptoms of the disease and age of the patient while administering medication. One should also be careful about the expiry date of the medicine before giving it to the patient.
What are the Nursing interventions of ceftriaxone?
Before administering nurses may need to perform a series of interventions. These include reconstituting the medication for intramuscular use, monitoring patient blood levels of this medication, monitoring for hypersensitivity, and culturing the infection.
Med is 10 mg what is the appropriate dose of this medication for a child who is 11 months of age?
Before administering any modified dose of medication to a child always consult with the child's pediatrician.Consult a pediatrician before administering any dose of medication for a child that does not match the prescribed dose.
When should the medical assistant check the drug label?
Before administering it to the patient
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What are the three before in administering medications?
Do you have any known allergies, and are you taking any medication at this time?
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have you received blood transfusion
When teaching a patient to administer a vaginal cream with an applicator the tech should instruct the patient to?
Before administering a vaginal foam, the nurse should
What should the nurse do before administering the first dose of IV antibiotic?
check patient iv site
When administering Ativan by direct IV what should be done immediately before withdrawing medication from the vial?
wipe the top of the vial with alcohol wipe
What is the first thing a nurse does prior to administering blood to a patient?
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Does the Good Samaritan Law apply if a medical Assistant orders medication for a patient who has taken the medication before but dies?
No it does not apply a ma should not be ordering medication.
