AlmostGolden

Thanks for the suggestions. I had to push the meds really slowly so it seemed to go on forever for both of us. It certainly might have been better if another nurse had given the patient an injection on the other side at the same time....Sure would have been faster!!!! I did tell the patient to continue lying on the table for a few minutes when we were finished because I knew with 4 fresh injections she would have been in a lot of pain if she had gotten up immediately. She told me she had never had 4 shots at once before...said the most she'd ever been given before were 2 at once. I just felt bad knowing how much they hurt.

We're heading into cold and flu season. I work at an Urgent Care Center and I'm wondering how the docs you work with treat people with cold/flu symtoms? At our clinic, they almost always do a blood work up... Then based on that they'll prescribe antibiotics (or not). Usually they write a script for pills. We usually give an IM shot of phenergan if the patient is vomiting and nauseous. If the symptoms are more upper respiratory, occassionally the doc orders a "sinus cocktail" IM injection. If there are throat problems, the doc writes a script for cough syrup too.

I work at an Urgent Care Clinic. Recently, we had a patient present with a bad sore throat, nausea and nasal congestion. Patient was unable to swallow pills because of the sore throat so the doctor ordered 4 shots for her...antibiotic (separated into 2 shots), anti-nauseant and a "sinus cocktail". I had to give them all to her..IM. Had her lay on her stomach on the exam table and injected into different hip/buttock sites...2 in one side and 2 in the other. Even though she was laying with her head down on the table, by the 3rd shot I could tell she was crying (and this was a grown woman!) and it was hard for me to continue. We'd already had to do a blood draw on her earlier so I knew this poor woman had been "stuck" 5 times during this one office visit. It was really hard on me and I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and how they handled it. With flu season here, I'm afraid more "multiple shot" days could be coming! UGH!