Discuss correct ways to administer eyedrops

Discuss correct ways to administer eyedrops
The prescribing practitioner ordered 5 mL of a
medication to be given deep IM for a 45-year-old
female who weighs 140 pounds and is 50700 tall.
What is the most appropriate method to administer
this injection?
a. A 5-mL syringe, 20–23-gauge, 1-inch needle
b. Two 3-mL syringes, 20–23-gauge, 1 1=2 -inch
needle
c. Two 3-mL syringes, 23–25-gauge, 1-inch needle
d. Two 2-mL syringes, 20–23-gauge, 1 1=2 -inch
needle
8. The correct way to administer eardrops to an adult
client is to __________.
a. Pull the pinna straight back
b. Pull the pinna down and back
c. Pull the pinna upward and outward
d. Pull the pinna straight down
9. Which of the following is the correct way to admin-
ister eyedrops to an adult client?
a. Hold eye dropper in dominant hand, hold 1=2 –3=4
inch above the eyeball, and rest hand on client’s
forehead to stabilize. Use fingers of nondominant
hand to separate the eyelids, instruct client to
look up, and drop prescribed number of drops
into center of the eye. Instruct the client to close
eyes and move them around. Briefly place fingers
on either side of the client’s nose to close the tear
ducts and prevent the medication from draining
out of the eye.
b. Hold eye dropper in dominant hand, hold 1=2 –1
inch above the eyeball, and rest hand on client’s
forehead to stabilize. Instruct the client to look
up, and drop the prescribed number of drops
into the center of the conjunctival sac. Instruct
the client to gently close eyes and move eyes.
Use a tissue to apply gentle pressure and absorb
excess medication.
c. Hold eyedropper in dominant hand, hold 1=2 –
3=5 inch above the eyeball, and rest hand on client’s
forehead to stabilize. Place nondominant hand on
cheekbone, and expose lower conjunctival sac by pull-
ing down on cheek. Instruct the client to look up,
and drop the prescribed number of drops into the
center of the conjunctival sac. Instruct client to gently
close eyes and move eyes. Place fingers briefly on ei-
ther side of the client’s nose to close the tear ducts
and prevent the medication from draining out of the
eye.
d. Hold eyedropper in dominant hand; with non-
dominant hand, gently separate client’s eyelids
with thumb and finger, and grasp lower lid near
margin immediately below lashes; exert pressure
downward over the bony prominence of the
cheek. Instruct the client to look up, and dro