NPC FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,

NPC FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,

1. How to calculate the dosage - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️Desired dose/ dosage we Have x
vehicle (ex: 1 tablet)



2. Mixing insulin steps - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️1. Inject air into cloudy insulin (intermediate-
NPH)
3. Inject air into clear insulin (short-regular)
4. Draw up clear insulin
5. Draw up cloudy insulin
6. *cloudy, clear, clear, cloudy



7. IM needle length - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️1 to 1 1/2 inches



8. IM needle gauge - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️20-25



9. SQ needle length - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️3/8-5/8 inch



10. SQ needle gauge - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️25-27



11. needle gages get _____ as the numbers increse - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️smaller (14 is a
larger gauge needle than 28)



12. ventrogluteal site - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️located by placing the palm of the hand over the
greater trochanter of the patient's hip, pointing the thumb toward the patient's groin and the
index finger toward the anterior superior iliac spine, and extending the middle finger back along
the iliac crest toward the buttock.



13. IM injection angle - CORRECT ANSWERS.✔️✔️90 degrees