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16. When a drug is applied to the skin or mucous membranes, this is administration by the 19. Medications made with opium and opium derivatives for the purpose of controlling and relieving pain are referred to as 17. The route used when applying a drug to the skin using a patch is known as the Part 2. Connection Questions 23. You are working in a long-term care facility. When will you reorder medications for the resident? a. When 7 days remain on the punch card b. When 5 days remain on the punch card c. When 3 days remain on the punch card d. When the punch card is empty Choose the correct answer(s). In some questions, more than one answer is correct. Select all that apply. 20. When you prepare to administer medications through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube, it is important to determine a. The compatibility of the tube feeding formula with the ordered medications. b. Whether the medications can be crushed for admin- istration through a PEG. c. Whether to mix the crushed medications with water or with juice. d. The brand and length of the PEG tube that is in place. 24. You are teaching a patient how to use a metered-dose inhaler (MDI). What information will you include? a. Shake the inhaler before using it. b. Place the mouthpiece directly into the mouth. c. Inhale deeply while depressing the canister. d. Hold your breath for 20 seconds. c. Breathe out slowly through pursed lips. f. Wait 10 seconds before taking the second puff. 21. You are working in a long-term care facility where certi- fied medication aides administer oral and topical med- ications. Which of the following concerns you the most? a. Ensuring that the medications that you prepare are given by the medication aide b. Ensuring that you document all the medications that the aide has administered c. Ensuring that all medications are being given correctly d. Ensuring that all medication aides are high school graduates 25. When teaching how to avoid thrush as a side effect of using a steroid MDI, you would instruct the patient to a. Always use a spacer. b. After using the inhaler, rinse his or her mouth with water and spit it out c. Use steroid inhalers before other inhalers. d. Clean the mouthpiece in boiling water daily. 22. You are visiting a client during a home health rotation. The client is having difficulty remembering whether she has taken her medications. What could you do to help this client? a. Arrange for her family members to visit her daily to see if she has taken her medications. b. Ask a neighbor to call her daily to remind her to take her medications. c. Tell her that you will call her daily to remind her to take her medications, d. Set up her medications in a pill organizer so she can tell when she has taken them. 26. When you prepare medications for a patient, you leam that she has been taken to the radiology department for an MRI. You administer her medications 2 hours late once she returns to the nursing unit. The patient has blood levels of a seizure medication ordered today. What action will you take? a. Notify the health-care provider that the medications were given late. b. Complete an incident report because the medications were given more than 1 hour late. c. Write an order to omit today's blood draw. d. Notify the laboratory of the time that the medica- tions were given and the reason for the delay.

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20. The correct option is b) It is important to determine whether the medicine can be crushed for administration through PEG tube

21. The correct option is c) ensure that all the medications are given correctly

22. The correct option is d) set up her medication in a pill organizer so she can when she has taken them

24. The correct option is a,b,c,e and f . These are the correct method of using a MDI