Author Question: The student nurse is preparing to provide 25 mg meperidine (Demerol) IM for pain. The Pyxis is ... (Read 73 times)

melly21297 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The student nurse is preparing to provide 25 mg meperidine (Demerol) IM for pain. The Pyxis is loaded with prefilled 50 mg meperidine syringes. The supervising nurse appropriately intervenes if the student nurse

1. Obtains a Carpuject system to administer the medication.
2. Recaps the needle after the injection.
3. Wastes 25 mg of the meperidine before administration.
4. Unscrews the syringe from the holder before discarding it in the sharps container.

Question 2

The nurse is preparing to provide a dose of liquid oral antibiotic to a 2-year-old whose mother reports, She doesn't like the taste of that and won't take it without a fight.

To successfully provide the medication, the nurse could appropriately do which of the following? Select all that apply.

1. Offer the child a warm bottle with the medication mixed in.
2. Offer the child a frozen juice bar before medication administration.
3. Discuss the addition of a flavoring with the pharmacist.
4. Place a syringe at the tip of the child's tongue and encourage the child to suck out the medication.
5. Place the dose in a plastic medicine cup and encourage the child to drink it like a big girl.