Funds ch 33-3
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- Bevel is what?
- Slanted part of needle tip
- If an order reads 75 mg meperdine, 25 mg promethiazine IM on call which syringe and needle would be the best choice for the injection of the patient is a normal adult?
- 3 CC syringe with 22 gauge 1 1/2 inch needle
- Visible elevation of the epidermis is what?
- Bleb
- What is a cannula?
- Hollow shaft
- Heparin sodium 5000 sc is ordered. Using a 25 gauge 5/8 inch needle this medication should be injected how?
- At a 45 degree angle
- What is the core?
- Small circular piece at center
- What is diluent
- Fluid to dissolve solute
- Lumen is what?
- The interior diameter
- Solute is what?
- Solid material or particles
- Urticaria is what?
- Red elevated wheals
- Skin testing for reaction to various substances is performed using ????
- Intradermal injection
- The proper technique for administering a Z track injection is to:
- Pull the tissue to the side laterally, then insert the needle at a 90 degree angle
- Medications given by injection are termed _____?
- Parenteral
- Very irritating drugs should be given how?
- Z track
- Very small amounts of drugs are given how?
- Tuberculin needle
- What must you do if giving two drugs together?
- Check for compatibility
- a 1 1/2 inch 20 gauge needle would be used for what?
- Intramuscular injection
- A 1/4 inch 27 gauge needle would be used for what?
- Intradermal
- TB syringe is used for what?
- Intradermal
- An injection placesd in the tissue above the muscle layer is called?
- Subcutaneous
- 3 CCs of medication must be placed:
- Intramuscular
- 20 U of insulin would be given how?
- subcutaneous
- 5000 U of heparin would be given how?
- Subcutaneous
- A tuberculin test is given how?
- Intradermal
- When drawing up medication from a vial the nurse knows to:
- Inject an equivalent amount of air into the vial for the medication to be withdrawn.
- Heparin should be injected at what angle?
- 90 degrees
- A sign that an intradermal injection is successful:
- A bleb forms at the site
- When do you use a filter needle?
- When fragments of glass could be in the med
- What do you do if the patient acts shocky?
- Administer a corticosteroid injection
- When using the leg for an injection the landmarks include:
- The head of the greater trochanter
- The advantage of subcutaneous over intramuscular is what?
- Less discomfort for the patient
- Incompatible drugs in a syringe may:
- Render one or both meds inactive