As a cost-saving measure, the hospital administration wants to delete everything but 3- ml and 10-ml syringes from floor stock. The best response by the nurse manager on the endocrine floor would be to
a. agree with the plan because 3-ml syringes have 0.1-ml measurement marks.
b. conduct a literature search to determine the best practice in this area.
c. object but plan education to teach the staff how to give insulin with a 3-ml sy-ringe.
d. object, pointing out that insulin can only be given in an insulin syringe.
D
Insulin can only be given with an insulin syringe, pen, jet, or inhaler. They are the only syringes designed to measure insulin accurately.
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