Into The Ear

Into the vagina

Into the tissue around a nerve (Choose TWO)

Into the LUNGS through mouth or nose (choose TWO)

(DON'T CHOOSE the one that targets the nose)

Through the anus

Under the tongue (not swallowed)

Swallowed

Applied to skin to treat skin itself

Applied to skin to slowly enter blood

Injected directly under skin--fat and other cells

Injected through skin into muscle

Injected into vein(s)

The patient has a nasty yeast infection in her vagina. She is in need of antifungals but these medications tend to have nasty side effects that get worse the more of the body they are spread through.

What route will minimize the side effects in the rest of the body?

Your patient is a toddler with severe asthma. You need to get steroids into his lungs to treat the inflammation, but he is too young to use an inhaler well.

What route makes the most sense?

Your patient is an elderly man with chronic extreme back pain. He has trouble standing up due to the pain. The pain is being caused by damage to the nerves in that area.

The strong pain medication that is needed has a lot of side effects, especially in high doses.

What method would allow you to give him pain medication without affecting his entire body too much?

Administered through the nose

Injected into the spinal canal

Applied to the skin for local effect