Basic Nursing 1st Edition by Judith Wilkinson, Leslie Treas

تمرين 17

• You are to give repeated intramuscular injections to a patient who is frail and has very little muscle mass (5 ft, 5 in. tall and weighing 96 Ib).You are to give I mL of a thin, watery medication. You have these needle sizes available: 16-gauge, 20-gauge, 25-gauge.Which would you use, and why?
• For the same patient, you have needles available in 1-inch and 1½ inch lengths. Which would you use, and why?