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Answer the following questions about drug administration. a) List 6 “rights” of drug administration. (6 points) b) Name four additional facts (beyond the 6 rights) that you must verify before administering a drug of any kind to a patient. (4 points) c) In diagnostic nuclear medicine, what constitutes the drug order? the written record of drug administration? (4 points)

Which of the following is POOR practice when demonstrating safe handling of blood products?

a) Using the basic ECG representation below, label each point. (6 points) b) What is happening in the atria, relative to the ECG signal? (4 points) c) What is happening in the ventricles, relative to the ECG signal? (4 points)  

Which of the following pharmacologic stressing agents should NOT be administered to a patient with asthma or bronchospastic disease?

You are performing a nuclear stress test with Lexiscan on a 67 year old male patient and see this rhythm on Lead II of the patient’s ECG.  1. Describe what you would do next.  2. What is the heart rate and what method did you use to determine it? (note: this is not a 6 second strip)

What donor blood types may be used for 32 year old male type A recipient?

A patient undergoing an imaging procedure indicates to the technologist that a seizure is impending. The most appropriate action for the technologist is to:

One verification method used to ensure that the correct radiopharmaceutical is being administered is to check the label found on the vial. The best times to check this label include all of the following EXCEPT:

The “shockable” heart rhythm(s) is/are:

A cardiac stress test requires the placement of how many electrodes on the patient’s body?