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mckennatimberlake

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on: Jul 22, 2018
To prevent complications from intramuscular injections, a nurse should do all of the following except
 
  1. Wash the hands before preparing injections and on entering a patient's room.
  2. Make the needle puncture slowly and with caution.
  3. Apply a bandage after giving the injection.
  4. Document the site of the injection.

Question 2

To prevent lipoatrophy and lipohypertrophy in patients receiving insulin injections, a nurse should
 
  1. Massage the injection site.
  2. Occasionally administer injections in the ventrogluteal site.
  3. Rotate injection sites around the abdomen.
  4. Always inject in the same site.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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mckennatimberlake

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Gracias!

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