Unit 1: Injections

Question 1

For any injection site, the _____ the muscle, the more mL can be injected.

Answer 1

larger

Question 2

For all injection sites, most would not go about 2 mL (this is why some doses need to be __________).

Answer 2

divided into two injections

Question 3

As we have seen so far, there are many medications routinely given by injection. This could be _______ or intramuscular (IM)

Answer 3

subcutaneous (SC)

Question 4

A risk of injections is an immediate _____ requiring emergency intervention.

Answer 4

adverse response

Question 5

A risk of injection therapy is Immediate hypersensitivity response is an (______response) to the actual drug

Answer 5

“allergic”

Question 6

A risk of injection therapy is _____ (fainting) due to hypotension just because of anxiety from receiving an injection. Often this patient has a low blood pressure AND a low pulse rate and you’ll hear
people calling it a “vagal” episode, or a “vasovagal” syncope or the hypotension and bradycardia is due to excessive ______ to the anxiety

Answer 6

syncope

parasympathetic response

Question 7

5 Rights of Medication Administration:

Answer 7

– RIGHT patient (two identifiers, e.g. arm ID band and self-verbalization)
– RIGHT drug (check the label & prescription/order)
– RIGHT dose
– RIGHT route
– RIGHT time
? More Rights??

– many have ADDED two more “rights” – right reason (e.g. antibiotic for an infection) – AND - – right documentation (the Medication Administration Record, or MAR)