Patient Safety

5. When providing patient care, use at least ___ patient identifiers.
6. Number of MAR checks needed to administer medications.
8. This assessment is one of the very first pieces of information to gather from a patient.
9. A patient with a yellow wrist bracelet is at risk for?
10. A patient identifier.
11. Whom should you notify of abnormal patient labs or medication-related errors?
12. Tonicity of this type of IV fluid is greater than that of body fluids.

1. PO, IV, IM, topical, rectal
2. Potential complication of immobility.
3. Situation in which a medication should not be given because it may be harmful to the patient.
4. A standard way to communicate medication information that improves accuracy and helps prevent dangerous errors.
7. Medication in this form is intended to be swallowed whole.
13. Catheter associated urinary tract infection