In addition to the dorsogluteal and ventrogluteal muscles, which of these sites can safely be used for intramuscular injections?

An arthritic patient will be discharged home with a variety of medications. The best way for the home health nurse to assist the patient who lives alone in taking his medications is to:

The patient is admitted to the cardiac unit. Everyone admitted to the cardiac unit will have an EKG done unless otherwise ordered. This is an example of which type of order?

When preparing medications for delivery to an assigned patient, the nurse should check each medication for accuracy of drug and dose:

Before integrating humor in the care of an Asian patient, the nurse should:

A nurse has prepared the 9:00 AM client medications for administration but is called off the unit briefly. Who can distribute these medications to clients?

Which nursing action is appropriate when pulling the plunger of the syringe back prior to administering medication and blood is aspirated in the syringe?

A 25-year-old woman is visiting the prenatal clinic and shares with the nurse her desire to go "natural" with her pregnancy. She shows the nurse a list of herbal remedies that she wants to buy so that she can "avoid taking any drugs." Which statement by the nurse is correct?

The patient crushes extended-release pain medication tablets in order to obtain relief immediately. Which term describes the action of this patient?

The nurse is to administer the patient's next dose of vancomycin at 9:30 a.m. What time will the nurse draw the patient's blood to check the trough vancomycin level?

The nurse administering medications to a client is aware that the primary reason that most drugs are administered orally is because the oral route: