NURS290 Study Guide - Final Guide: Glucose, Colloid, Peripheral Artery Disease

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NURS290
• Professor: Debra Mc Ilwraith

Document Summary

Parts of the needless to keep sterile are: Part of the plunger that goes into the barrel: black plunger, needle hilt, needle. End of the barrel at the needle side. Injection site must be free of bruises, rashes, hardened areas. Look at the health of the individual (im versus sc) Choose needle length on the amount of muscle or subcutaneous fat. Needles based of size and weight of patient. If need >3ml injection, need to split up the dosages. Ventrogluteal site is preferred for im injections because it is the soft. Deltoid muscle can only get 1ml injection; all other areas only just to 3ml. Always aspirate before injecting to see if an artery, vein, and capillary is at administration site. (so poke the needle in all the way, aspirate up by putting up on the syringe. If no blood is present when aspirating, no artery, vein, and capillary is there so you can then inject the medication.