Can someone answer an urgent question about injections?

Nursing Students General Students

Published

My test about injections is in 36 hours.. And I have a problem with what my teacher told us versus what the manual says.

I am European, so I might not know the correct terms for all the parts of the syringe, so please bear with me...

We were told, if we were right handed, to hold the needle with our right hand to put it trough the skin, than take over with our left hand to hold it steady, and use our right hand to (in dutch it is aspireren, check if we aren't in a vein, and inject), hold a little cloth between the pink and ting finger of our left hand, and when we are done injecting, take the cloth with our right hand, push it to the skin, and pull the needle out with our left hand.

IN the manual it says to push it in with right, take over in the left, and then to take over again, so we can take the needle out with our right hand.

THis might sound confused, silly and rambling, but how do you do it????

Right! Be sure to know what is the best method for you to do, and the method your instructors want you to know!

Thank you all!!! I passes.

We had to calculate the right dose of medicine, mix it and draw it up and then inject in a dummy.

I am so glad I passes.

Well gefeliciteerd Purkje,..

As you just did your exam I'd like to ask you (and others) another Q. about I.M. injections...

- Do you or do you not massage the injection spot afterwards, or does it depent on the type of med's you're giving ?

The textbooks are not really conclusive about this, so what is your experience o the "right" way ?

Thanks Matt,

And succes met je verdere opleiding Purkje !

We were thought that you may massage the injection area after an IM injection for better resorption, but npbody told us to on the tests;;;

+ Add a Comment