Types of Injections
Drug Safety
Oral Medications
Syringes
Miscellaneous
100
An intradermal injection is given where?
What is under the skin.
100
Where should medications be prepared?
What is in a well-lit quite area.
100
___________ tablets can be cut in half.
What is scored.
100
The __________________ size of a needle is called its gauge?
What is the diameter or lumen.
100
What are the signs and symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction?
What are Hypotension, hives, dyspnea, and dysphagia.
200
What site is preferred for an intramuscular injection in an adult?
What is the deltoid.
200
When should the medication label be checked, and how many times should it be checked?
What is prior to preparing it while checking it against the providers order, while preparing it, and when putting it back. Three times at least.
200
____________ are insoluble drug substances contained in a liquid?
What is a suspension.
200
The larger the ________________ number is, the smaller the diameter of the needle.
What is the gauge.
200
What is the difference between an anaphylactic reaction and a side effect?
What is an anaphylactic reaction is a severe reaction to a medication that requires immediate medical attention and a side effect is an unpleasant reaction to a medication such as nausea, dry mouth, cough, weight gain.
300
What sites can be used for a subcutaneous injection?
What is back of upper arms, upper thighs, and abdomen.
300
What should you do if you take a multi-dose medication vial out of the storage area to prepare and there is no date on that vial of open medication?
What is discard it.
300
________ and ________ consist of minerals suspended in water?
What are gels and magmas.
300
Needles that are 1/2 or 5/8 inches long are used for what type of injections?
What is subcutaneous.
300
What is an EpiPen?
What is an automatic injector system that contains a dose of epinephrine.
400
What is the preferred injection site in an infant or smaller pediatric patient?
What is the vastus lateralis
400
How long should patients be observed after receiving medications in the office and why?
What is 20-30 minutes. To make sure that the patient does not have an adverse reaction.
400
_________ are gelatin-coated and dissolve in the stomach, or they may be enteric-coated to protect them from stomach acids?
What is a capsule.
400
What type of needle is used to draw up medication from an ampule?
What is a filter needle.
400
When allergy injections are administered how is the reaction, if one occurs recorded?
What is the reaction is measured and recorded in millimeters.
500
What is the type of injection that requires displacing the upper tissue laterally before inserting the needle?
What is the Z-track.
500

What are the ten rights of Drug Administration?

What are the right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, the right time, the right, the right documentation, the right patient education, the right to refuse, the right assessment, and right evaluation.

500
A flattened disk that is dissolved in the mouth to coat the throat is referred to as ___________
What is a troche.
500
What type of syringe should you use to draw up Lantus?
What is an insulin syringe.
500
When a TB test is administered successfully what will you see at the administration site?
What is a wheal.
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