Lovenox

My teacher told me today in clinical that Lovenox is supposed to be administered over 1 minute. I administered it slowly, with the air bubble, then counted to 10 before I pulled the needle out. I can't seem to find anywhere why it would have to be that slow, especially since it was a 40mg/0.4mL dose.

Any suggestions?

Rule #1 - Your instructor is always correct

Rule #2 - see Rule #1

Simple, huh?

Unless you are firmly convinced that doing it your instructor's way will harm your pt, just nod your head and say "thank you" when told to do something a certain way in clinical.

I don't "slam" Lovenox when giving it SubQ (that might be a bit "ouchy"), but I certainly don't give a SubQ injection over 1 minute. Sounds pretty silly to me.

Remember, though - just nod your head & say "thank you".

your instructor is probably referring to iv administration.

lovenox (enoxaparin sodium injection) prescribing information

your instructor is probably referring to iv administration.

lovenox (enoxaparin sodium injection) prescribing information

even if a person was giving lovenox iv for a stemi , i don't see why you'd need to slooooooowly inject it over 1 minute it's not like you're giving a beta blocker or a precedex loading dose, or even reglan (it's interesting to watch the effect on bp in some pts if they have an arterial line).

i suspect that the instructor is "interesting." not incorrect, but merely "interesting." or maybe confused.

I did just nod and say, "Okay", because I don't want to argue with the teacher. I just thought it sounded a little off to administer it soooo slowly, so I wanted to check if anyone else had heard of that. Thanks for the input!

I did just nod and say, "Okay", because I don't want to argue with the teacher.

You've still got it wrong:rolleyes:.

Rather than just saying "Okay", you need to be all excited/appreciative "Oh - Thanks! I never knew that - I'll make sure I do it that way in the future!".

Gotta brown nose properly from time to time, don'cha know!