New way to give shots

[gonzo1, ASN, RN]

My lovely and talented daughter in law is in nursing school and she is teaching me all kinds of new things.

Today she says that there is a new place to give "butt" shots. Supposedly we are supposed to go ventrogluteal now. Something about not accidentally hitting the sciatic nerve.

Does anyone else know of this? She knows I'm going on allnurses to see who else is learning this. She even showed me the handout from a rapid med type place that she recently went to.

Where can I find out more info about this. Fortunately I'm in ICU now and we don't ever really give shots. But if I float to ER I'm gonna need to know about this.

[Nibbles1]

That's how I learned it 6 yrs ago.

[Loo17]

I was also taught the same thing for the same reason. Its a policy where I work as well.

[klone, MSN, RN]

That's how I learned it 10 years. It's not "new". VG doesn't have the same risk of hitting major nerves or vessels the way dorsoglute does.

If you give it VG, you do not need to aspirate.

I give 3-4 IM injections a day, and VG is always my preferred site.

[Libby1987]

That seems to be a leetle area on a thin elderly type.

[AnnieOaklyRN, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

I learned this 10 years ago, it is not new!

HPRN

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

I also learned this nearly 10 years ago.

[roser13, ASN, RN]

18 years ago!

[klone, MSN, RN]

That seems to be a leetle area on a thin elderly type.

All muscles are going to be little on thin elderly people! All the more reason to choose ventroglute - in a really thin person, there's going to be less muscle there to protect the sciatic nerve. The VG muscle is larger/thicker than the dorsogluteal, so on a thin person, it's still going to be a better option.

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

Switched over about 16 years ago to VG LOL!

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

43 yrs ago

[poppycat, ADN, BSN]

I graduated almost 37 years ago & this is what we were taught then.