Routes of Administration

Which of the following is an advantage to an oral medication?

• Works fast

• Cost effective

• Good for patients with swallowing alterations

• High stress and invasive

What is a sublingual PO medication?

• A medication you swallow whole

• A medication that you chew

• A medication that dissolves under the tongue

• A medication that dissolves in the cheek

Which is not a form of a topical medication?

• Spray

• Drop

• Lotion

• Capsules

When instilling ear drops in a 2 year old, how would the nurse position the ear?

• Pull down and back

• Pull up and back

• Pull straight up

• Pull straight down

Do you shake a dry-powdered inhaler (DPI) device?

• Yes

• No

What is an advantage to parenteral medications?

• Small amounts have to be used

• Produces anxiety in patients

• Cost effective

• Works quickly

A needle diameter is called the____________.

• Syringe

• Length

• Gauge

• Bevel

As a gauge number gets smaller, the diameter gets_______

• Bigger

• Smaller

A intradermal injection is given in the_______.

• Fat

• Vein

• Muscle

• Skin

A subcutaneous injection is given in the______

• Fat

• Vein

• Muscle

• Skin