Percocet
c) Patient is not to be given Fentanyl
d) Actually, all of the above are correct answers
A d) All of the drugs are opiates or opioids.
8. Safe abbreviations are an important component of the National Patient
Safety Goals. Three of these dose abbreviations should not be used. Which 2
are okay to use?
a) 1 mg d) 10 mg.
b) 1.0 mg e) 10.0 mg.
c) .1 mg
A a) and d) are okay to use. Do not use 1.0mg., .1 mg. or 10.0 mg. Avoid
trailing zeros: 1.0 mg. could be read (depending on the handwriting) as
10 mg.
9. The physician wanted a total of 10 mg. of
hydrocodone, knowing that the acetamino-
phen would also increase. The nurse wrote
that she gave 20 ml. Is this correct?
a) yes b) no
A Yes. Each 5 ml. contains 2.5 mg., and the physician acknowledged
that the dosing of the acetaminophen would also increase.
10. Is it okay to spike the IVs
today for tomorrow's cases?
a) yes b) no
A No. Spike IV solutions as close to the time of administration as pos-
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