A nurse needs to combine two different prescribed drugs in a syringe and then administer them to a client. Which of the following precautions should the nurse take when preparing and administering these drugs?
A) Withdraw exact amounts of each drug from each container.
B) Inject half of the final contents of the syringe into one site and the second half into a different site.
C) Shake the syringe for at least 30 seconds after drawing up each drug.
D) Expel both the drugs separately into a third container before drawing them up for administration.
A
Feedback:
When combining more than one drug in a single syringe, the nurse should take exact amounts from each drug container because once the drugs are in the barrel of the syringe, there is no way to expel one without expelling the other. It is unnecessary to shake the syringe for 30 seconds or to use two injection sites. The two drugs would not be combining in a third, separate container before being drawn up.
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