Author Question: Some children with iron-deficiency anemia may be prescribed iron dextran by injection. This should ... (Read 86 times)

Diane · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

Some children with iron-deficiency anemia may be prescribed iron dextran by injection. This should be injected

A) intradermally.
B) subcutaneously.
C) intramuscularly.
D) via Z-track technique.

Question 2

A 9-month-old boy with iron-deficiency anemia is given ferrous sulfate therapy. Which of the following assessments would best help you determine that he is actually taking it daily?

A) His reticulocyte count will have decreased.
B) He will develop diarrhea.
C) His stools will appear black.
D) He will be less irritable than he was at his last visit.