Four-Year-Old Patrick Is at the Doctor for an IM Injection,and

question 15

Multiple Choice

Four-year-old Patrick is at the doctor for an IM injection,and begs you to use one of the tiny needles he remembers from a skin test for allergies because that did not hurt much.What should you do?

• A)Document the incident as medication refusal and do not give the shot.
• B)Agree to the change but only if the molecules of the medicine will fit through the tiny lumen of the needles.
• C)Agree to the change as long as he will be cooperative,as his comfort is important.
• D)Carefully explain to Patrick and his parents why you cannot do this,and give the injection as ordered.

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