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Practical Nurse NCLEX®

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Pharmacology

Medication Rights

Look-alike vials · L1

How this exercise works

Identify which medication right is at risk (patient, drug, dose, route, time, etc.) and select the safest nursing action before administering.

Fundamental concept

FDA-regulated drug safety principles and the rights framework LPNs use before every administration.

Read: Medication Safety & the Nine Rights →

Scenario

An order reads hydralazine 10 mg IV push for hypertension. You reach for a vial labeled hydroxyzine 50 mg from the ADC drawer.

An order reads hydralazine 10 mg IV push for hypertension. You reach for a vial labeled hydroxyzine 50 mg from the ADC drawer.

Which right is violated if you administer without further verification?