Exam 22: Parenteral Medications

The nurse is preparing to administer an intradermal injection to an adult patient.Which action should be taken by the nurse?

The nurse is preparing to administer an intravenous (IV) antibiotic using a mini-infusion pump.Which action should the nurse do first?

The nurse informs the patient that the medication will be absorbed rapidly because it was injected into tissue with a rich blood supply.The patient has just received a ______________ injection.

A student nurse is preparing to administer an intramuscular injection into the ventrogluteal muscle.The nursing instructor should question which action by the student?

After insertion of the needle into the patient's ventrogluteal muscle, the nurse aspirates and notices a very small amount of blood in the syringe.What action should the nurse take?

The nurse is preparing an injection of 0.45 mL of medication for a pediatric patient.Which syringe is most appropriate?

A patient has orders for 10 units of glargine (Lantus) insulin and 5 units of regular insulin to be given at the same time.Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

The nurse administers a tuberculin screening test to a patient who has no known risk factors for tuberculosis.When the test site is read 48 hours later, which result is considered positive?

The nurse is teaching a patient how to give a subcutaneous injection.The nurse includes which sites as acceptable for this route of administration? (Select all that apply.)

A patient has medication ordered to be given by IV bolus.The nurse recognizes which advantage of this type of administration?

The nurse is teaching a patient how to inject low-molecular-weight heparin.What instruction should be included in the teaching plan?

The nurse is preparing a subcutaneous injection for a patient.The nurse is careful not to touch which part of the syringe or needle? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is preparing to administer an intramuscular (IM) injection to a 6-month-old infant.Which injection site is the most appropriate for this patient?

The nurse is preparing to administer an intramuscular medication.In determining which size needle and syringe to use to administer the medication, the nurse must consider which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The student nurse is preparing to administer an IV bolus medication through a small-gauge IV catheter.The student notes that there is no blood return on aspiration.Which action by the student should the nursing instructor question?

The nurse is preparing to administer an IV medication that must be diluted in 60 mL of fluid and then given over 45 minutes.Which of the following methods can the nurse use to give this medication? (Select all that apply.)

An experienced nurse recognizes that the dorsogluteal injection site is no longer used for intramuscular injections because of the risk of damaging the _______________.

The patient is complaining of tenderness at his intravenous (IV) insertion site.The nurse examines the site and notices that the site is swollen, warm, and reddened.The nurse stops the intravenous infusion, realizing that the patient has ________________.

The nurse is administering a parenteral medication to the patient.Which action by the nurse demonstrates proper technique?

While checking the patient's intravenous (IV) site, the nurse notices that the site is cool, pale, and swollen.She immediately stops the IV infusion, realizing that these are signs indicating _____________.