Giving MEdications Test 2

Question 1

How would you make a child drink medicine?

Answer 1

 Mix with sweet substances to improve cooperation
 DO NOT add to formula or food
• Reason: they might start hating that food or formula and cannot eat it anymore
 May give carbonated drinks for nausea
 Last resort is to give ice pop or ice cure to help with oral medication

Question 2

What can you mix gastro. meds with?

Answer 2

mix ONLY with water

Question 3

How do you give otic medication to an adult vs a child under 3 years old?

Answer 3

• Under 3: pull lobe down and back

* Above three: pull up and back

Question 4

How do you give IM injections to a child?

Answer 4

 Max: 1-2 ml for ventrogluteal/ vastus lateralis @ 90 degree angle
 Max for deltoid: 0.5 ml, AVOID till 2 yrs old
 ***if more is need to be given, can be given in a separate syringe and given at a different location