What is the purpose of the Z-track injection technique?
~ to help minimize local skin irritation by sealing the medication in the muscle
tissue
What are the common sites for an intravenous injection?
~ cephalic or cubital vein in th warm, dorsal vein of the hand
infants: may use veins in...
✓~ any chemical that affects the physiological process of a living organism
pharmacokinetics
✓~ the process of drug movement throughout the body that is necessary to achieve
drug action
pharmacodynamics
✓~ the study of the effects of drugs on the body
pharmacogenetics
, ✓~ the study of genetic factors that influence an individuals response to a specific
drug
What are the nursing implications/considerations?
✓~ concepts the nurse must include in safely administering medications (consider all
vital signs: temperature, pulse, respiration, oxygen saturation, and labs)
safety
✓~ the condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss
What are the 6 rights of medication safety?
✓~ right patient
right drug
right dose
right route
right time
right documentation
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