Administering Parenteral Medications

• Scoop method

  Method used for recapping a needle
• beneath scapula

  inner lower arm

  upper chest

  site for intradermal injection
• 10-15


  angle for Intradermal injection
• wheal or bleb 


  what should you form during skin testing
• subcutaneous injection 


  delivers medicine into the subcutaneous tissue
• subcutaneous tissue 


  tissue between your skin and muscle
• hypodermic injection 


  type of injection used for subcutaneous injection
• insulin

  growth hormone

  epinephrine

  heparin

  some medications injected subcutaneously
• outer aspect of the upper arm

  anterior aspect of the thighs

  common sites for SQ injection
• 5 


  for insulin, how many seconds should the needle remain embedded after using the plunger
• apply pressure 


  when SQ injection site starts bleeding, we should?
• 45


  degree for SQ administration
• 90


  degree for SQ administration when full of fat
• ventrogluteal

  vastus lateralis

  rectus femoris

  deltoid

  dorsogluteal 


  IM injection sites
• 3ml

  max amt of ml fro someone with large muscles
• 2 ml


  amt (IM injection) for babies, elderly, and emancipated pt
• z track technique

  special technique used to administer medication that are highly irritating to the subcutaneous and skin tissues
• Vastus lateralis

  Recommended site for IM injections for infants, toddlers, and children
• 90

  degree for IM administration
• fast absorption

  Main advantage of IV
• Intra-artery

  Parenteral administration into an artery
• intracardiac

  Parenteral administration into the heart
• intraosseous

  Parenteral administration into the bone
• intrathecal or intraspinal

  Parenteral administration into the spinal canal
• intrapleural

  Parenteral administration into the pleural space
• epidural

  Parenteral administration into the epidural space
• intra-articular

  Parenteral administration into A joint
• 90

  Degree for IM injection
• tip

  part of the syringe the connects the needle
• barrel

  the outside part of the syringe where the scales are printed
• plunger

  part of the syringe that fits inside the barrel
• hypodermic 


  syringe that comes in 3 and 5 ml sizes
• insulin 


  syringe for 100 unit/ u-100
• tuberculin 


  narrow syringe (1 ml)
• auto discharge syringe 


  syringe for one time use only and prevents from reusing
• insulin injection system

  an insulin injector device that looks like a pen and contains an insulin cartridge
• luer lock syringe

  has a tip that requires needle to be twister onto it to avoid accidental removal of the needle
• non luer lock syringe

  has a smooth graduated tip, and needles are slipped onto it
• slip tip syringe

  non luer lock syringe is also called?
• needle

  made of stainless steel and most are disposable