I am a hospice nurse. My patient needed a shot of lasix. Her arms are skin and bones and her lower body is extremely edematous. I gave the shot in her vastus lateralus. Since that time the site has...
She did actually urinate more than usual within the next couple of hours so it did have some effect. Plus I used a 1.5" needle. What else could I have done? Maybe oral; the patient was able to...
Yes, thanks for clarifying. The patient has pancreatic ca and her lower body is extremely edematous but her upper body is not. She is so cachectic that I didn't feel like like I could give the shot in...