Where is the best site for giving an IM injection to a 15-month-old child?
a. Ventrogluteal muscle
b. Dorsogluteal muscle
c. Deltoid muscle
d. Vastus lateralis muscle
ANS: D
The vastus lateralis muscle is free of major blood vessels and nerves and can be used in children of any age.
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a. Copy the information from the electronic database to the admission database. b. Not use it because it is preferred to ask clients about past history at each encoun-ter. c. Save time and skip this part of the history-taking because the record is electronic. d. Verify with the client that the list is current, complete, and correct.
A nurse is teaching the parents of a child diagnosed with cystic fibrosis about medication therapy. Which of the following would the nurse instruct the parents to administer orally?
A) Recombinant human DNase B) Bronchodilators C) Anti-inflammatory agents D) Pancreatic enzymes
Keeping a patient's identification barcode on a stethoscope for easy access is an example of
A. Nurse initiative B. A workaround C. Nurse feedback D. A great way to save time
What is the primary reason a nurse manager would confront a nurse who has been reported for violating infection control policy?
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