The nurse needs to inject 0.45 ml of medication to a 5-year-old client. What is the best choice for the nurse to administer the medication to the client?
1. 3-ml syringe
2. Insulin syringe
3. 22-gauge needle
4. Tuberculin syringe
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2. The best choice for the nurse to administer 0.45 ml of medication to a 5-year-old client is the insulin syringe because it has a short, fine needle with a syringe capacity of 1 ml with sufficient units of measurement to measure and dispense 0.45 ml accu-rately.
1. The nurse avoids using a 3-ml syringe because the most precise unit of measure-ment on the syringe is usually tenths; to deliver 0.45 ml, the nurse needs the nurse needs hundredths.
3. A 22-gauge needle is too large.
4. A tuberculin syringe is too fine and the syringe is potentially too small.
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