Pharm: Chapters 9, 10, 11

Question 1

What are the three parts of a needle?

Answer 1

The hub, the shaft, and the bevel

Question 2

Needle Gauge

Answer 2

is the diameter of the hole through the needle

Question 3

True or False
- The large the gauge number (on a needle), the smaller the hole.

Answer 3

true

Question 4

The volume of medication to be administered, the degree of accuracy needed for the measurement of the dose, and the type of medication to be administered are all used to determine the ________ of the _________ used.

Answer 4

the size of the syringe used

Question 5

In small children and older infants, the usual maximum volume for an IM injection at one site is ______ mL.

Answer 5

1mL

Question 6

Pediatric IM injections routinely use a ______ to ________ gauge needle that is 1 to 1.5 inches long, depending on the assessment of the depth of the muscle mass of the child.

Answer 6

25 to 27

Question 7

Use ________ size to estimate needle length for an intramuscular injection (IM)

Answer 7

body

Question 8

Ampules

Answer 8

small, glass containers that usually contain a single dose of medication

Question 9

What are Vials?

Answer 9

glass or plastic containers that contain one or more doses of a sterile medication

Question 10

What are Mix-O-Vials?

Answer 10

glass containers with two compartments. The lower chamber contains the drug (solute), and the upper chamber contains a sterile diluent (solvent); between the two areas is a rubber stopper. (usually a single dose of medication)

Question 11

What are the seven rights of medication preparation and administration?

Answer 11

Right Patient
Right Route
Right Drug
Right Indication
Right Dose
Right Time
Right Documentation

Question 12

What Parenteral route do TB testing and allergy testing use?

Answer 12

intradermal

Question 13

Insulin and lovenox heparin are both medications that use what parenteral route to administer?

Answer 13

Subcutaneous

Question 14

When injecting medication ‘into the muscle’ what parenteral route would you be using?

Answer 14

intramuscular IM

Question 15

What is the amount of medication you should administer using the Intramuscular route into the deltoid muscle? Using mL.

Answer 15

What is the amount of medication you should adminis1 mL is what you what you typically administer. However you can use up to 3 mL but no more than 3mL into the deltoid muscle.

Question 16

How do you mix the medication in Mix-O-Vials?

Answer 16

• To mix the medicine, a rubber stopper on the top of the chamber is pushed, forcing the rubber stopper between the two chambers to drop into the lower chamber, along with the diluent.
• Then you shake the container to dissolve the medication, allowing it to be drawn up into a syringe for administration

Question 17

military scale

Answer 17

represents the units whereby medications are routinely ordered.