The nurse is documenting administration of a medication that is given

The nurse is documenting administration of a medication that is given at 10:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 6:00 PM. The medication that the nurse is documenting is:

1. Morphine sulfate 10 mg q4h prn
2. Inderal 10 mg PO bid
3. Diazepam 5 mg PO tid
4. Keflex 500 mg PO q8h

ANSWER

ANS: 3
The medication is being given 3 times a day, 4 hours apart. The medication the nurse is docu-menting is diazepam 5 mg PO tid. Although the medication is being given 4 hours apart, it is not being given every 4 hours. If it were given every 4 hours, it could be given 6 times in 24 hours, not 3, as with tid administration. Bid means twice a day. The client is receiving the medication 3 times a day. The medication is not administered every 8 hours.