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Medication Safety The day shift charge nurse is making rounds. A patient tells the nurse that the night shift nurse never gave him his medication, which was due at 11 pm. What should the nurse do ... first to determine whether the medication was given? 1. Call the night nurse at home. 2. Check the Medication Administration Record. 3. Call the pharmacy. 4. Review the nurse’s notes. Medication Safety---Peak and Trough The nurse plans to draw samples for the determination of peak and trough levels of gentamicin sulfate( Garamycin) in a client receiving IV dose of this medication. When should the nurse plan to obtain in the peak level? A. Thirty minutes after the dose is administered B. Immediately before giving the next dose C. When the next electrolyte levels are drawn D. Sixty minutes after the dose is administered Medication Safety Peak and Trough The nurse is scheduling a client’s antibiotic peak and trough levels with the lab personnel. What is the best schedule for drawing the trough level? A. Give the dose of medication, and call the lab to draw the trough stat. B. Arrange for the lab to draw the trough 1 hour after the dose is given. C. Instruct the lab to draw the trough immediately before the next scheduled dose. Give the first dose of medication after the lab reports that the trough bas been drawn [Show More]
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