Injection Site Cheat Sheet
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Quick!
What needle gauge would you use for a vastus lateralis injection in a pediatric patient?
Not sure?
No worries, we’ve got you covered today with our injection site cheatsheet.
This cheatsheet is used in the following lessons (click below to view):
I’ll never forget my first injection on a patient. I was a nursing student and I was sure they were going to SCREAM in pain.
It didn’t go as bad as I thought.
You are gonna give a “handful” of injections as a nurse it’s important to know the difference in locations, landmarks, gauges, and lengths.
