Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 77%
Full-length
Passage / Scenario
Before administering calcium gluconate 10% 500 mg IV stat.It is MOST important that the nurse assess the
Correct answer
C
Rationale
Strategy: Determine how each answer choice relates to calcium gluconate. (1) unnecessary in this situation (2) unnecessary in this situation (3) correct-if injected into the extravascular tissues, calcium gluconate can cause a severe chemical burn (4) irrelevant