A primary health-care provider prescribes a medication that must be administered transdermal. Which information about the route of administration does the nurse understand is related to a drug prescribed to be administered transdermal?

The nurse is caring for a client who has difficulty swallowing a large tablet of a prescribed drug. What action should the nurse take first?

Using the label, what is the strength of the medication? (No label; assuming Zestril from prior context.)

After receiving Nembutal PO at bedtime, a client is wide awake all night instead of going to sleep. What kind of adverse reaction to a drug does this situation represent?

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:

The nurse is reviewing medication errors. Which situation is an example of a medication error?

A nurse is preparing to administer a tablet to the patient. When should the nurse remove the medication from its unit dose package?

A nurse is assessing patient response to medications received. Which must the nurse know about these drugs to best evaluate whether the expected outcomes of the drug therapy have been achieved?

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 patient has an order for a subcutaneous injection of insulin. The nurse will prepare to give this injection into which of the following tissues?

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