Nursing Pharmacology Medication Safety MCQs

Range-of-motion exercise is movement through a joint’s available range to maintain mobility and function.

Intake and output chart is a record used to monitor fluid intake and losses.

Patient education is a planned process helping patients gain knowledge and skills for health decisions and self-care.

Aseptic technique is practices that minimise contamination by pathogenic microorganisms during procedures.

Documentation is timely factual recording of assessment, interventions, response and communication.

Right dose is verification that dose strength and calculation are correct for the patient.

Right route is verification that the medicine is given by the prescribed and appropriate route.

Right time is administration at the prescribed time or interval, accounting for clinical relevance.

Nursing process is a systematic cycle of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.

Therapeutic communication is purposeful communication that supports patient understanding, coping and care.

Standard precautions is infection-prevention measures applied to all patients regardless of known infection status.

Patient identification is use of at least two reliable identifiers before medication, procedure or specimen collection.