Module 7 NS

What are the three major categories of medication administration?

Three label checks should be performed when administering medications, select all that apply.

• checking the medication upon its removal from the dispensing device

• checking the medication upon delivery to the unit

• checking the medication during preparation

• checking the medication once administered to the patient

• checking the medication at the client’s bedside prior to administration.

Time-critical medications can be administered 1 to 2 hours early or late without causing harmful effects to the client.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What type of medications are formulated to be dissolved and released in the small intestines for a slower release and can be administered less frequently during the day?

A patient is experiencing pain, swelling, redness at the IV site, and repeated alarming of the IV pump. What is happening?

• Lipohypertrophy IV

• Intradermal IV

• Infiltrated IV

• Ionization IV

Medications given by the rectal route are supplied in the form of suppositories, creams or ointments.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following is correct regarding an Intramuscular Injection?

• Ventrogluteal: 2 mL

  Deltoid: 3 mL

  Vastus lateralis: 1 to 3 mL

• Ventrogluteal: 3 mL

  Deltoid: 2 mL

  Vastus lateralis: 1 to 3 mL

• Ventrogluteal: 1-3 mL

  Deltoid: 2 mL

  Vastus lateralis: 1 mL

Which of the following are true while giving an injection?

(select all that apply)

• Position the client in a manner that improves visualization of the site, access to landmarks, and allows the client to relax muscles

• Deltoid: Client may sit or stand with arm placed at side or elbow flexed and arm supported

• Vastus lateralis: Client may sit or be supine. Some experts recommend that the client’s knees be slightly flexed

• Ventrogluteal: Clients may be supine or in a lateral (side-lying) position. Some experts also state that the client’s hips and knees should be flexed

Name the intramuscular injection site

Biotransformation, is the process of converting a medication to a form that is easily excreted from the body. Most medications are metabolized by the _________ and _____________.

• spleen

• liver

• bladder

• kidneys