Author Question: A clinic nurse is preparing for a tuberculosis screening. Knowing the injections will be ... (Read 82 times)

tuffie · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A clinic nurse is preparing for a tuberculosis screening. Knowing the injections will be administered intradermally, what size needles and syringes will the nurse prepare?

A) 10-mL syringe, 3-inch 18-gauge needle
B) 5-mL syringe, 2-inch 20-gauge needle
C) insulin syringe, 1-inch 16-gauge needle
D) tuberculin syringe, 1/2-inch 26-gauge needle

Question 2

Before a long-term care resident goes to sleep at night, his dentures are placed in a denture cup with clean water. What rationale supports placing dentures in water?

A) none; they should be placed in saline
B) to increase comfort when replaced in the mouth
C) to prevent drying and warping of plastic
D) to ensure the dentures are not thrown away