Injections, Intramuscular - Nursing
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Skin disinfection and its efficacy before administering injections.

30 May 2009 The need to disinfect a patient's skin before subcutaneous or intramuscular injection is a much debated practice. Guidance on this issue varies between NHS organisations that provide primary and secondary care. However, with patients being ... Read more...

Effects of a Web-based course on nursing skills and knowledge learning.

30 Jan 2009 The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of supplementing traditional classroom teaching with Web-based learning design when teaching intramuscular injection nursing skills. Four clusters of nursing students at a junior college in ... Read more...

Are we on the same page?: a comparison of intramuscular injection explanations in nursing fundamental texts.

30 Jul 2008 The researchers investigated issues related to teaching student nurses to administer intramuscular (IM) injections. Appropriate site selection and location, and issues related to common procedures associated with IM injections (z-track and bubble ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Injections, Intramuscular - Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Skin disinfection and its efficacy before administering injections. 30 May 2009
• Effects of a Web-based course on nursing skills and knowledge learning. 30 Jan 2009
• Which site is best for an I.M. injection? 30 Oct 2008
• Are we on the same page?: a comparison of intramuscular injection explanations in nursing fundamental texts. 30 Jul 2008
• Nurses can testify as experts-except as to 'causation'. Allen v. Family Medical Center, P. C. GACAA07A0977--(09/12/2007) -GA. 30 Aug 2007
• Intramuscular injections--what's best practice? 29 Jun 2007
• Intramuscular injection technique. 27 Feb 2007
• Best practice guidelines for the administration of intramuscular injections in the mental health setting. 30 Aug 2006
• Sciatic nerve injury following intramuscular injection: a case report and review of the literature. 30 Jul 2006
• Subcutaneous administration of immunoglobulin. 29 Apr 2006
• Quality of life of patients undergoing ovarian stimulation with injectable drugs in relation to medical practice in France. 27 Feb 2006
• Safe injection practices in a primary health care setting in Oman. 30 Dec 2005
• Administer single-site 30-mL intramuscular injection? 29 Nov 2005
• Differences in postoperative opioid consumption in patients prescribed patient-controlled analgesia versus intramuscular injection. 29 Nov 2005
• Administering medication by the Z-track method. 29 Jun 2005
• Subcutaneous or intramuscular? Confronting a parenteral administration dilemma. 30 Mar 2005
• Using the ventrogluteal site for intramuscular injections. 30 Mar 2005
• Self-injection anxiety training: a treatment for patients unable to self-inject injectable medications. 30 Mar 2005
• [Nursing service for MS patients] 30 Dec 2004
• Glass contamination in parenterally administered medication. 30 Oct 2004

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Technical information about 'Injections, Intramuscular'

Definition: Forceful administration into a muscle of liquid medication, nutrient, or other fluid through a hollow needle piercing the muscle and any tissue covering it.

Descriptor UI: D007273

Alternative terms: Injections, Intramuscular; Intramuscular Injections; Injection, Intramuscular; Intramuscular Injection;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.319.267.530.460;

Technical Notes: NIM; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; DF: INJECT INTRAMUSCULAR