Intramuscular injection

Quantitative Article Sisson, H (2015) Aspirating during the intramuscular injection procedure: a systematic literature review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24, 2368–2375. The following identify how the researcher addressed the five areas of the selected journal article: •background or introduction: The aim of this study was to review current practice regarding aspirating during intramuscular (IM) injections and to propose guidance for future practice. The introduction discusses the fact that administration of injections is a basic “nursing activity”. The author also discusses the debate surrounding aspiration during IM injection and how it is ingrained in the nursing education process. What aspiration means is clearly stated in the introduction.…

Healthcare Problem The topic under discussion here is should healthcare professionals continue to aspirate during intramuscular (IM) injections. Administering injections is a basic nursing activity and can be a great source of anxiety for the individual on the receiving end. Can we change that or help to relieve the pain and anxiety by changing our practice? Aspirating during IM injection leads to increased duration of injection time. Does this lead to more pain and anxiety? And will we be able…

The routes include Intrathecal which is occurring within or administered into the spinal theca (C, T, L spine). The Rate of injection should be done Slowly over 1-2 min and should not to exceed 300 mg/mL or 3060 mg iodine per single myelographic procedure. Another route of administrations is intravenously which is the method of route choice used for a excretory urography, digital subtraction and Angiocardiography: ventriculography, pulmonary arteriography, venography & studies of collateral…

ordered time, document the reason for the delay. Also, if the client refuses the medication or if a condition prevents the medication from being given, document that as well. (773) 3. List factors that influence the selection of the syringe size and type, the needle length and gauge. Select the syringe according to the type of medication you are giving and the location the medicine is being delivered, for instance utilizing an insulin syringe to administer insulin. The length of the needle is…

are taking. It is important that patients bring all of their medications to their doctor’s appointment. Patients need to inform their doctor about their allergies and adverse reactions to medications. When a doctor writes a prescription for a medication make sure that you or the patient can read it. It is vital that the patient ask for information about their medicines in terms you can understand. If you have any questions about your medication label be sure to ask the doctor. Another important…

After the Georgia General Assembly altered the state’s legislation concerning the death penalty, it was able to be reinstated. In 2001, Georgia abandoned the use of the electric chair. According to BBC News, the state court ruled “that death by electrocution ‘inflicts purposeless physical violence and needless mutilation that makes no measurable contribution to accepted goals of punishment’” (BBC). Simply stated, this ruling decided that the electric chair violated the constitution’s eighth…

favor of “death with dignity” as opposed to the 37% who were voted in favor in the poll from the early 1950s (Humphrey). There are multiple methods of euthanasia, and some are far more acceptable than others. The most commonly seen, and most accepted, method is administration of a controlled and lethal overdose of normal medications, such as phenothiazines like prochlorperazine,chlorpromazine, triflouperazine, and perphenazine. In large enough doses, these are all lethal. They can be prescribed…

and wrong, or what is just and unjust. Throughout time the main discussion was around the method used to euthanize a prisoner on death row. That discussion remains even now as many states are struggling to find an alternative to lethal injection. Some of the states are doing away with the death penalty all together which can cause a problem with having enough space for inmates. The need for an alternative to lethal injection has come about for two reasons. The first reason is because the states…

history. The penalty of death is perceived as a regional practice and it can substantially vary from one region of the country to another. “U.S Executions from 1608-2002 confirmed that between 1775 and 1994, approximately thirteen thousand people were sentenced to death in the United States (11). The justices at the time considered various forms of execution and categorized the practices as constitutional or unconstitutional. In 1997, ninety-two percent of executions used this method and…

1930s. The most out of any decade throughout American History. However after 1940s, execution was dropped dramatically through a long period of time. In fact, there were 715 execution in the 1950s compare to 1289 execution in the 1940s. And there were only just 191 execution between 1960 to 1974. In 1966 support for capital punishment reach an all time low of just 42% and in 1972 the death penalty was eventually abolish all together after the landmark court case ruling of Furman v. Georgia after…