The physician orders Zestril 15 mg po daily for hypertension. The medication is supplied in 5-mg tablets. How many tablets will the nurse administer?

What are the concepts considered to be rights of medication administration? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is preparing to administer an intramuscular injection for a client of average weight. At what angle would the nurse insert the needle?

The physician gives orders to infuse 1 unit (250 mL) of packed red blood cells over 4 hours. Calculate the flow rate in milliliters per hour.

The nurse is going to administer a medication that must be crushed for the patient to take it. This medication is best given to the patient by:

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

When categorizing medications, drug classifications may be defined by the effects of the drug and:

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

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?

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?