mmcewan

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  1. 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...
  2. IM injections in a site with edema?

    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...
  3. IM injections in a site with edema?

    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...