Funds ch 33-2
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- Most injectable medications are prepared as an _____ solution
- aqueous
- Many antibiotics must be ____.
- Reconstituted
- Injection needles have a ______tip.
- Beveled
- What is it called when a nurse jabs herself with a needle?
- Needle stick
- If a patient begins to show signs of anaphylactic shock after an injection, the nurse would call for help and:
- Maintain an open airway and respiration
- The Mantoux test is positive when what?
- The area of induration measures 10 plus mm
- What is it called when you pull back on the plunger to see if fluid is obtained?
- Aspiration
- What's the maximum that can go in a muscle?
- 3 CCs
- The common lengths for sub Q are what?
- 3/8 and 5/8
- What are the common lengths for IM shots?
- one inch and 1 1/2 inches
- The higher number of the lumen the _____ the needle.
- Smaller
- If you aspirate and get blood, what do you do?
- Start over
- For testing purposes, what is the first choice muscle?
- Deltoid
- What's the ideal muscle for children and infants?
- Vastus lateralis
- The maximum that can be given in one IM deltoid injection (husky adult) is?
- 1 ml
- Most commonly used for SC is?
- 5/8 inch
- The nurse wraws .2 ml of air into the syringe before giving an IM injection to:
- Clear the drug from the needle and seal the track after injection
- What would you select to give a thin solution to a child?
- 25 gauge
- What must you keep sterile when giving an injection?
- Needle shaft and tip
- What are the sites for intramuscular injections?
-
Dorsogluteal
Ventrogluteal,
Deltoid
Vastus lateralis
Rectus femoris - What is usually used for an IM injection?
- A 2-3 ml Syringe with a 1 to 1 1/2 inch needle that is 23 to 20 gauge
- Air is injected how?
- In an equal amount to the solution to be withdrawn to prevent creating a vacuumn in the vial
- Rotation of sites for medications given in series prevents:
- fibrosis of the tissue
- What is the safest IM site for an adult?
- Ventrogluteal
- What is induration?
- Quality of being hard
- When giving a sub Q injection, what angle do you use?
-
90 for a shorter needle
45 for a longer needle - What is the largest needle you will normally use?
- 20
- What needles are used for viscous liquids?
- 21 or 22
- When don't you aspirate?
- Heparin or insulin
- intradermal goes in at what degree?
- 15