A patient in pain requests the prescribed pain medication, which is an opioid. Which nursing assessment is essential before administering the opioid?

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

The technique in which the practitioner alters body energy fields by passing his hands over the patient to determine where tensions exist is the practice of:

To ensure the nurse administers medications to the right client, which method of identification is most appropriate?

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

A patient is scheduled to have biofeedback therapy for migraine headaches. On arrival to the clinic, the patient appears anxious and fearful and tells the nurse that she does not want electric shocks. The most reassuring response by the nurse is:

Which of these is the correct way for a nurse to document medication administration?

An elderly patient who lives in a skilled nursing facility and who likes to walk is taking a medication that lowers blood pressure by dilating blood vessels. The best nursing action for this patient is to:

Which assessment finding indicates that the patient is at risk from polypharmacy? (Select all that apply.)

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?

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