A Patient Has an Order to Receive Two Intramuscular Injections

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient has an order to receive two intramuscular injections in the same syringe. The nurse should initially:

• A) determine if the two medications are compatible in the same syringe.
• B) obtain a larger syringe that will accommodate both medications.
• C) select two syringes to give the medications separately.
• D) ask the patient whether he would prefer one or two injections.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

A spontaneous and inherent response to a stimulus that happens without previous learning or conditioning.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process by which a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response which is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.