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**What This Document Is**
This document provides key points related to medication administration and fundamental nursing skills, specifically compiled for students in Duquesne University’s UPNS 200 Fundamentals of Nursing course. It’s designed as a focused review of essential concepts frequently tested on HESI exams.
**Why This Document Matters**
This study guide is valuable for nursing students preparing for assessments on medication safety, routes of administration, and basic nursing procedures. It’s most useful during exam review, clinical preparation, or when needing a quick refresher on core fundamentals. It exists to help students synthesize critical information and identify areas needing further study.
**Common Limitations or Challenges**
This document is a condensed summary and does *not* replace the need for comprehensive textbook readings, lecture notes, or clinical experience. It’s a review tool, not a primary learning resource. It also doesn’t cover the full scope of the Fundamentals of Nursing course, focusing specifically on topics relevant to HESI examinations.
**What This Document Provides**
This guide includes key information on: therapeutic and adverse medication effects, medication orders (STAT, now, standing), safe medication administration practices (including delegation restrictions and error prevention), considerations for patients with dysphagia, enteral medication administration, skin patch application and disposal, administration of nasal, ear, and rectal medications, and injection techniques (IM, SubQ) including needle length guidelines and preferred injection sites.
This preview *does not* include detailed explanations of nursing diagnoses, care plans, or in-depth rationales for each practice. It also does not contain practice questions or case studies.