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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?

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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".:D

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I agree with CrufflerJJ.

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your instructor is probably referring to iv administration.

lovenox (enoxaparin sodium injection) prescribing information

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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.:D

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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!

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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!:D

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