A patient who has ongoing pain issues has been prescribed meperidine (Demerol) IM. How should the nurse best administer this medication?
A) Into the patient's vascular space using a large-gauge needle
B) Into the patient shoulder muscle using a small-gauge needle
C) Into the patient's buttocks using a small- to medium-gauge needle.
D) Into the patient's thigh using a large-gauge needle.
D
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A patient's abdomen is bulging and stretched in appearance. The nurse should describe this finding as:
a. Obese. b. Herniated. c. Scaphoid. d. Protuberant.
A married woman, who is the mother of two children, has been in an abusive relationship for 4 years. She decides to leave her husband after suffering an episode of severe physical abuse
She and her children, ages 7 and 9, arrive at a crisis intervention center. What is the nurse's priority intervention? a. Offer immediate emotional support. b. Refer her to a woman's domestic abuse center. c. Begin to develop a treatment plan for the client and her children. d. Thoroughly assess the situation from most recent to 2 weeks prior to this incident.
A patient has a myocardial infarction. On which primary blood vessel will the nurse focus care to reduce ischemia?
a. Superior vena cava b. Pulmonary artery c. Coronary artery d. Carotid artery
Identify two possible causes for K.B.'s low-grade fever
What will be an ideal response?