List the "seven rights" for administering medications.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. The "seven rights" of medication administration include:
1. Right drug
2. Right dose
3. Right patient
4. Right route
5. Right time
6. Right technique
7. Right documentation
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a. Assess the patient for causes of tachycardia. b. Take an apical heart rate and compare the two. c. Document the findings in the patient's chart. d. Notify the patient's health care provider.
The second step in continuity planning is the development of the plan itself. This step determines the probabilities of all types of disasters, their impact on critical functions, and which of the following other concerns?
1. Business impact analysis 2. Systematic evaluation 3. Factors necessary to restore services 4. Policies, procedures and vendor contracts
The nurse has provided instruction on the facial pressure garment to a client with facial burns. Which statement indicates that the client understands these instructions?
a. "My scars should be less severe with the use of this mask." b. "The mask will help protect my skin from sun damage." c. "This treatment will help prevent infec-tion." d. "Using the mask will keep scars from be-ing permanent."
A young adult male is selling artifacts at a local arts and crafts festival along with several members of his extended family who are from an island in Southeast Asia
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