Question

1. What is disadvantage of subcutaneous drug administration?

1. For safety reasons, clients must be conscious when they receive a subcutaneous injection
2. Drugs cannot be confined to a precise location
3. Pain, swelling or infection may occur if proper precautions are not taken
4. The final drug concentration within the bloodstream is unpredictable

Answer 1

Option D is suitable statement for giving question:

why means : in subcutaneous administration sites, less blood flow is present, the rate of absorption is poor but drug concentrations available longer time, hence we are unpredictable about drug conc

Why not A : irrespective of pt concoious ness we can administer SC injections like fondaparinax In cerebral embolism and Inulin administration for DIabetes Mellitus patients.

Why not B : Drugs cannot confine precise location not only subcutaneous and also IM or IV , hence this statement also wrong,

why not Option - c , pain, swelling and infection will occur in any procedure done by nurses due to improper techniques and unsterile conditions, hence this also wrong statement