Week 6 Review Questions

When a medication is being administered, the safest and most accurate way for the nurse to verify the identity of a client is to implement which action?

Ask the client to state her name and birth date.

When a client requests pain medication, the nurse administers a ventrogluteal intramuscular injection. After administration of the injection, what should the nurse do first?

Apply gentle pressure to the injection site

The nurse is preparing to administer eardrops to an infant. The nurse should plan to proceed by taking which step to assure the appropriate instillation of the medication?

Pull down and back on the auricle, and direct the solution toward the wall of the ear canal.

A client's prescribed medication is available for injection in an ampule. The nurse determines that which is the most appropriate action when preparing to draw up this medication?

Shake the ampule gently to mix the contents

The nurse prepares to give an intramuscular injection using the Z-track technique. Which should the nurse do initially to administer the medication?

The nurse prepares to give an intramuscular injection using the Z-track technique. Which should the nurse do initially to administer the medication?