Question

The pediatric nurse is giving care to a group of four patients of various ages. The nurse needs to perform a number of procedures and needs to modify procedures based on the patients’ ages and developmental stages.

Answer the following questions and give the rationale: (NOTE: Proper English grammar, word usage and a thorough response is required to answer the Rationale correctly!)

1. The nurse is preparing to administer penicillin G (Bicillin) to a school-age child. What action should the nurse take to determine that the bevel of the needle is in the correct place?

1. Check the bottom of the syringe for blood after aspirating.
2. Evaluate the ease with which the needle was inserted.
3. Ensure that the needle was inserted at a 90-degree angle.
4. Check the top of the syringe for blood while aspirating.

Answer: _________________________________________________________________________________

Rationale: _______________________________________________________________________________

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Answer 1

Ans . The correct answer is (A) check the bottom of the syringe for blood after aspiration.

while preparing for administration of medication, the nurse determine the bottom of the syringe for blood after aspiration. This is mainly to check the placement of needle bevel for medication administration.Aspiration is most commonly performed during an intramuscular (IM) or subcutaneous (SC) injection, and is meant to ensure that the needle tip is located at the desired site, and has not accidentally punctured a blood vessel.If needle is incorrect, the patient feel discomfort and other symptoms like swelling may appear at injection site.