NUR 155 GALEN EXAM 4 2024/2025
WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
The nurse prepares 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 - Precise Answer ✔✔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 squeeze the eyes shut after instilling the eye drop
*Instruct the client to tilt the head forward, open the eyes, and look
down - Precise Answer ✔✔Wash hands, put gloves on, place the drop in
the conjunctival sac, pull the lower lid down against the cheekbone
A client is prescribed an eye drop and an eye ointment for the right eye.
How should the nurse best administer the medications?
*Administer the eye drop first, followed by the eye ointment
,*Administer the eye ointment first, followed by the eye drop
*Administer the eye drop, wait 15 minutes, and administer the eye
ointment
*Administer the eye ointment, wait 15 minutes, and administer the eye
drop - Precise Answer ✔✔Administer the eye drop first, followed by 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 - Precise
Answer ✔✔It helps to use magical thinking with the preschool-age
group
The nurse is providing medication instructions to a parent. Which
statement by the parent indicates a need for further instruction?
*I should cuddle my child after giving the medication
*I can give my child a frozen juice bar after he swallows the medication
*I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it when I feed
my child
*If my child does not like the taste of the medicine, I should encourage
him to pinch his nose and drink the medication through a straw - Precise
Answer ✔✔I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it
when I feed my child
,The nurse is preparing to administer a tuberculin skin test to a client via
the intradermal route. Which action should the nurse perform when
administering this test to the client?
*Inject the medication and place a pressure dressing over the medication
site
*Make a circular mark around the injection site after administration of
the tubreculin test
*Administer the injection with the needle bevel facing downward at a 10
to 15 degree angle
*Massage the area with an alcohol swab after injection to ensure that the
medication is absorbed - Precise Answer ✔✔Make a circular mark
around the injection site after administration of the tuberculin test
The nurse is preparing to administer an oral medication to an infant. In
which position should the nurse place the infant?
*Prone
*Semi-Fowlers
*Trendelenburg's
*Dorsal recumbent - Precise Answer ✔✔Semi-Fowler's
The nurse is preparing to administer medications to a client via a
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube. Which medication
prescription should the nurse question?
*Furosemide 20 mg via PEG tube daily
*Digoxin 0.25 mg via PEG tube daily
, *Isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg via PEG tube daily
*Acetaminophen elixir 650 mg via PEG every 4 hours as needed for
temperature >101 F - Precise Answer ✔✔Isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg
via PEG tube daily
The nurse is preparing medications for administration. In addition to the
right medication, the nurse adheres to which additional rights of
medication administration? Select all that apply
*The right dose
*The right route
*The right time
*The right client
*The right staff member
*The right documentation - Precise Answer ✔✔The right dose, the right
route, the right time, the right client, right documentation
A client is in the bathroom when the nurse arrives at his room with his
scheduled medications. The client calls to the nurse, "Just leave my
medication on the bedside table like the rest of the nurses, and I will take
it when I get finished." What is the nurse's best action?
*Tell the client that he or she will be back when he is finished
*Leave the medication at the bedside as the client requested
*Let another nurse who is not busy give the client his medication when
he is finished
WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
The nurse prepares 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 - Precise Answer ✔✔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 squeeze the eyes shut after instilling the eye drop
*Instruct the client to tilt the head forward, open the eyes, and look
down - Precise Answer ✔✔Wash hands, put gloves on, place the drop in
the conjunctival sac, pull the lower lid down against the cheekbone
A client is prescribed an eye drop and an eye ointment for the right eye.
How should the nurse best administer the medications?
*Administer the eye drop first, followed by the eye ointment
,*Administer the eye ointment first, followed by the eye drop
*Administer the eye drop, wait 15 minutes, and administer the eye
ointment
*Administer the eye ointment, wait 15 minutes, and administer the eye
drop - Precise Answer ✔✔Administer the eye drop first, followed by 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 - Precise
Answer ✔✔It helps to use magical thinking with the preschool-age
group
The nurse is providing medication instructions to a parent. Which
statement by the parent indicates a need for further instruction?
*I should cuddle my child after giving the medication
*I can give my child a frozen juice bar after he swallows the medication
*I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it when I feed
my child
*If my child does not like the taste of the medicine, I should encourage
him to pinch his nose and drink the medication through a straw - Precise
Answer ✔✔I should mix the medication in the baby food and give it
when I feed my child
,The nurse is preparing to administer a tuberculin skin test to a client via
the intradermal route. Which action should the nurse perform when
administering this test to the client?
*Inject the medication and place a pressure dressing over the medication
site
*Make a circular mark around the injection site after administration of
the tubreculin test
*Administer the injection with the needle bevel facing downward at a 10
to 15 degree angle
*Massage the area with an alcohol swab after injection to ensure that the
medication is absorbed - Precise Answer ✔✔Make a circular mark
around the injection site after administration of the tuberculin test
The nurse is preparing to administer an oral medication to an infant. In
which position should the nurse place the infant?
*Prone
*Semi-Fowlers
*Trendelenburg's
*Dorsal recumbent - Precise Answer ✔✔Semi-Fowler's
The nurse is preparing to administer medications to a client via a
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube. Which medication
prescription should the nurse question?
*Furosemide 20 mg via PEG tube daily
*Digoxin 0.25 mg via PEG tube daily
, *Isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg via PEG tube daily
*Acetaminophen elixir 650 mg via PEG every 4 hours as needed for
temperature >101 F - Precise Answer ✔✔Isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg
via PEG tube daily
The nurse is preparing medications for administration. In addition to the
right medication, the nurse adheres to which additional rights of
medication administration? Select all that apply
*The right dose
*The right route
*The right time
*The right client
*The right staff member
*The right documentation - Precise Answer ✔✔The right dose, the right
route, the right time, the right client, right documentation
A client is in the bathroom when the nurse arrives at his room with his
scheduled medications. The client calls to the nurse, "Just leave my
medication on the bedside table like the rest of the nurses, and I will take
it when I get finished." What is the nurse's best action?
*Tell the client that he or she will be back when he is finished
*Leave the medication at the bedside as the client requested
*Let another nurse who is not busy give the client his medication when
he is finished
