Textbook of Basic Nursing (Lippincott's Practical Nursing) Tenth Edition by Caroline Bunker Rosdahl, Mary T. Kowalski
Textbook of Basic Nursing (Lippincott's Practical Nursing) Tenth Edition by Caroline Bunker Rosdahl, Mary T. Kowalski
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Chapter 64- Administration of Injectable Medications
Complete Chapter Questions With Answers
Sample Questions Are Posted Below
| 1. | The nurse is administering an injectable medication for a client who is unconscious and unable to swallow oral medications. What are other reasons that injectable medications may be ordered? Select all answers that apply. |
| A) | The medication is more effective by injection. |
| B) | The client needs the desired action slowly. |
| C) | The medication is not available by any other route. |
| D) | The client must obtain the entire dose. |
| E) | The digestive system absorbs the drug too quickly. |
| F) | The client is nauseated or vomiting. |
| 2. | The nurse is teaching a student nurse how to draw medications into a syringe. In what part of the syringe would the medications be drawn? |
| A) | Tip |
| B) | Barrel |
| C) | Plunger |
| D) | Needle |
| 3. | The nurse is choosing the gauge and length of a needle for a subcutaneous injection of vitamin B12 for a client who has pernicious anemia. Which of the following types of needles would be the best choice? |
| A) | 25-G, 3/8 inch |
| B) | 23-G, 1 inch |
| C) | 18-G, 3/8 inch |
| D) | 18-G, 2 inches |
| 4. | Nurses know that a needlestick injury can cause serious infections or other disabilities. Which of the following is a recommended guideline to prevent needlestick injuries when injecting clients? |
| A) | If using a safety syringe, following an injection, the nurse should push in the sheath and twist until it clicks. |
| B) | If using a safety syringe with an articulated type sheath, following an injection the nurse should use the thumb to push the sheath over the needle. |
| C) | If using a safety syringe, the nurse should recap the needle using the “scoop method” in which the fingers do not touch the needle. |
| D) | If a safety syringe is not available, the needle can be injected into a special cap, the Point-Loc device, which locks the tip of the needle in place. |
| 5. | A nurse injecting a client who has HIV/AIDS accidentally sticks herself with the needle. What is the protocol when this type of incident occurs? |
| A) | The employer must be notified in writing within 3 days. |
| B) | An incident report must be filed immediately. |
| C) | The nurse must receive treatment for the infection within 1 week. |
| D) | Blood tests for the nurse should be repeated in 3 months. |
| 1. | A, C, D, F |
| 2. | B |
| 3. | A |
| 4. | D |
| 5. | B |
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