NUR 155 Exam 4 Questions And Accurate Answers 2024-2025
The nurse is preparing to administer an intramuscular injection to a 4-month old infant.
The nurse selects which best site to administer the injection?
*Ventrogluteal
*Lateral deltoid
*Rectus femoris
*Vastus lateralis
Vastus lateralis
The nurse is preparing to administer eye drops. Which interventions should the nurse
take to administer the drops. Select all that apply.
*Wash hands
*Put gloves on
*Place the drop in the conjunctival sac
*Pull the lower lid down against the cheekbone
*Instruct the client to close the eyes tightly after instilling the eye drop
* Instruct the client to lean the head forward, open the eyes and look down
Perform hand-washing, don gloves, place the drop in the conjunctival sac, pull the lower
lid down against the zygomatic bone
A client has a prescription for both an eye drop and an eye ointment for the right eye.
How should the nurse optimally administer the medications?
Apply the eye drop first and then the eye ointment. Apply the eye ointment first and then
the eye drop. Apply the eye drop and then wait 15 minutes before giving the application
of the eye ointment. Apply the eye ointment and then wait 15 minutes before giving the
application of the eye drop. Apply the eye drop first and then the eye ointment.
The nurse educator is orienting a new nurse to the pediatric unit and is including tips for
medication administration. Which statement by the new nurse indicates that the
teaching has been effective?
*It helps to use magical thinking with the infant-age group
, *It helps to use magical thinking with the school-age group
*It helps to use magical thinking with the toddler-age group
*It helps to use magical thinking with the preschool-age group
It is useful to use magical thinking when describing the treatment to the preschool-aged
child
The nurse is providing discharge instructions to a parent related to medication
administration. The following statement, by the parent, identifies the need for further
teaching?
*I should hold my child afterwards when giving the medication
*I may give my child a frozen juice bar after he swallows the medication
*I should mix in the medication with the baby food and give it at the time I feed my child
*In case my child doesn't like the taste of the medicine, I should ask him to pinch his
nose and drink the medication through a straw
I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it when I feed my child
The nurse is going to administer a tuberculin skin test to a client via the intradermal
route. Which of the following actions does the nurse perform when administering this
test to the client?
*Medication is injected and a pressure dressing is applied over the site of medication
administration
*A circular mark is made around the injection site after administration of the tubreculin
test
*The injection is administered with the needle bevel facing downward at a 10 to 15
degree angle
* Gently rub the site in a circular motion with an alcohol swab to enhance absorption of
the medication
Circle the site of the tuberculin test once injection is given
The nurse is going to give the infant an oral medication. What position will the nurse put
the infant in?
*Prone
*Semi-Fowlers
*Trendelenburg's
The nurse is preparing to administer an intramuscular injection to a 4-month old infant.
The nurse selects which best site to administer the injection?
*Ventrogluteal
*Lateral deltoid
*Rectus femoris
*Vastus lateralis
Vastus lateralis
The nurse is preparing to administer eye drops. Which interventions should the nurse
take to administer the drops. Select all that apply.
*Wash hands
*Put gloves on
*Place the drop in the conjunctival sac
*Pull the lower lid down against the cheekbone
*Instruct the client to close the eyes tightly after instilling the eye drop
* Instruct the client to lean the head forward, open the eyes and look down
Perform hand-washing, don gloves, place the drop in the conjunctival sac, pull the lower
lid down against the zygomatic bone
A client has a prescription for both an eye drop and an eye ointment for the right eye.
How should the nurse optimally administer the medications?
Apply the eye drop first and then the eye ointment. Apply the eye ointment first and then
the eye drop. Apply the eye drop and then wait 15 minutes before giving the application
of the eye ointment. Apply the eye ointment and then wait 15 minutes before giving the
application of the eye drop. Apply the eye drop first and then the eye ointment.
The nurse educator is orienting a new nurse to the pediatric unit and is including tips for
medication administration. Which statement by the new nurse indicates that the
teaching has been effective?
*It helps to use magical thinking with the infant-age group
, *It helps to use magical thinking with the school-age group
*It helps to use magical thinking with the toddler-age group
*It helps to use magical thinking with the preschool-age group
It is useful to use magical thinking when describing the treatment to the preschool-aged
child
The nurse is providing discharge instructions to a parent related to medication
administration. The following statement, by the parent, identifies the need for further
teaching?
*I should hold my child afterwards when giving the medication
*I may give my child a frozen juice bar after he swallows the medication
*I should mix in the medication with the baby food and give it at the time I feed my child
*In case my child doesn't like the taste of the medicine, I should ask him to pinch his
nose and drink the medication through a straw
I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it when I feed my child
The nurse is going to administer a tuberculin skin test to a client via the intradermal
route. Which of the following actions does the nurse perform when administering this
test to the client?
*Medication is injected and a pressure dressing is applied over the site of medication
administration
*A circular mark is made around the injection site after administration of the tubreculin
test
*The injection is administered with the needle bevel facing downward at a 10 to 15
degree angle
* Gently rub the site in a circular motion with an alcohol swab to enhance absorption of
the medication
Circle the site of the tuberculin test once injection is given
The nurse is going to give the infant an oral medication. What position will the nurse put
the infant in?
*Prone
*Semi-Fowlers
*Trendelenburg's
