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When administering an IV injection, when should the Esmarch tourniquet be released relative to blood appearance in the syringe?

Release the Esmarch tourniquet after blood appears in the syringe.

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Injection and Wound Care Nursing Procedures

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Question: When administering an IV injection, when should the Esmarch tourniquet be released relative to blood appearance in the syringe?

Answer: Release the Esmarch tourniquet after blood appears in the syringe.

Card 2

Question: What is a possible complication of intradermal injection listed in the content?

Answer: Induration.

Card 3

Question: How should standard heparin be injected subcutaneously (site, angle, aspiration)?

Answer: Use a standard syringe and SC needle in the outer arm at a 45° angle and do not aspirate.

Card 4

Question: According to wound etiology classification in the content, name two types of wounds.

Answer: Traumatic and surgical.

Card 5

Question: Which statement is false about the phases of wound healing as given: that the first phase is maturation?

Answer: False — the first phase is the inflammatory/hemostatic phase, not maturation.

Card 6

Question: What effect do osmotically effective infusion solutions have according to the content?

Answer: They increase osmotic diuresis.

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Question: What is extravasation of an IV infusion solution?

Answer: It is infusion solution located outside the vein.

Card 8

Question: Which complication of subcutaneous insulin injections is identified as true in the content?

Answer: Lipodystrophy is a complication of SC insulin injections.

Card 9

Question: Which quadrant of the dorsogluteal area is used for intramuscular injection?

Answer: The upper outer quadrant.

Card 10

Question: At what angle is IM administration into the deltoid muscle performed?

Answer: 90°.