While administering the flu vaccine via the intramuscular route, the nurse sees a blood return in the syringe barrel after aspirating 0.1 mL. What is the nurse's next step?
A) Inject the medication slowly.
B) Remove the needle quickly and reinsert in a new site.
C) Press down on the area with an alcohol pad.
D) Withdraw the needle and prepare another injection.
D
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1. Pressure 2. Warm bath 3. Cool compresses 4. Hot compresses
Symptoms of vitamin D toxicity include
a. lethargy and loss of coordination. b. rickets, osteomalacia, and osteoporosis. c. blistered skin, joint pain, and liver dam-age. d. high levels of calcium in the blood and urine.
The least-squares principle minimizes the sums of squares of prediction errors in regression analysis
A) True B) False
An adolescent with a history of multiple minor physical injuries is sent to the school nurse because of a large bruise on the lower left leg. The adolescent says, "I think I got the bruise when I fell."
The school nurse should interview the adolescent with a primary focus on: a. having the adolescent describe the circumstances of the fall that resulted in the bruise. b. determining whether this adolescent will identify other risk factors for physical abuse. c. gathering data to include in a report to the department of social services for adolescent abuse. d. establishing the likelihood that the adolescent has a physical condition that accounts for the frequent injuries.