Exam 5: Injectable Medication and Syringe Measurements

Calculate the amount to be given using the labels and orders provided. Prove the answers. -Ordered: Solu-Cortef 0.2 g IM stat, an antiinflammatory steroid, for a patient with severe inflammatory response. a. Estimated dose: b. How many mL will you prepare?

Examine the following syringes. Notice the total capacity and the 1 mL markings. Indicate the filled-in dose measurement in the space provided. -Total capacity: _____ mL Smallest measurable dose: _____ mL Indicated dose: _____ mL

What are the names of three diseases cited in the text that can be contracted from a needlestick injury?

Does the nurse have to measure the dose in a prefilled syringe? If so, why? If not, why not?

What is the descriptor for medications that when combined in one syringe or solution interact and cause undesired changes in composition or effects such as crystallization?

Calculate the amount to be given using the labels and orders provided. Prove the answers. -Ordered: Zantac (ranitidine hydrochloride) 30 mg IM q6h for a patient with an ulcer. a. Estimated dose: b. How many mL will you prepare? c. Indicate the dose on the syringe.

What is the first step a nurse must take after reading an order for a parenteral injection mix?

Calculate the amount to be given using the labels and orders provided. Prove the answers. -Ordered: Atropine 0.5 mg IM for a patient with bradycardia. How many mL will you prepare (to the nearest tenth)?

A skin test is administered with which size syringe?

Calculate the amount to be given using the labels and orders provided. Prove the answers. -Ordered: Neupogen (Filgrastim) 0.2 mg subcut once a week for a patient who is immunosuppressed. a. Estimated dose: b. How many mL will you prepare (to the nearest hundredth of an mL)? c. How many mg are the equivalents of 200 mcg?

Why shouldn't needles be recapped?

What is the name of the kind of reference a nurse must consult before mixing two or more medications in one syringe or intravenous (IV) solution?

In general, which is absorbed faster, an oral medication or a parenteral medication?

Calculate the amount to be given using the labels and orders provided. Prove the answers. -Ordered: Tobramycin 70 mg IM q8h for a patient with an infection. a. Estimated dose: b. How many mL will you prepare to the nearest tenth of an mL?

Which site is not recommended for IM injections? Why?

Calculate the amount to be given using the labels and orders provided. Prove the answers. -Ordered: Tigan 75 mg IM stat for a patient with nausea. a. Estimated dose: b. How many mL will you prepare to the nearest hundredth of an mL? c. Indicate the dose on the syringe provided.

What is the importance of writing a leading 0 in front of a decimal number less than one?

Calculate the amount to be given using the labels and orders provided. Prove the answers. -Ordered: Dilaudid 3 mg IM stat for a patient in pain. a. Estimated dose: b. How many mL will you prepare to the nearest hundredth of an mL?

What is the name and abbreviation for the route used for skin test injections?

Name the three approved sites for IM injections.