Chapter 37 Administering Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and intramuscular Injections 311 49. Besides the medication, what supplie

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Chapter 37 Administering Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and intramuscular Injections 311 49. Besides the medication, what supplies should you gather? What specific needle size and length will you use? IM every Documentation Exercise Scenario: Question 50 refers to this scenario. Your patient’s name is Melissa Hall. She is in Room 307, and her hospital ID number is 3411576. Her birthdate is March 1, 1971. She was admitted on August 19, 2022. Today’s date is August 20, 2022, and it is 1:35 a.m. Ms. Hall is crying and complaining of abdominal pain in the vicinity of her surgical incision. She reports that it is severe-an 8 on a scale of 0 to 10. The characteristics are sharp and stabbing, worsening whenever she moves. She tells you that she is not nauseated at this time. She has a health-care provider’s order for Stadol 2 mg 4 hours prn for pain. Her last dose was at 8:17 p.m. the night before. At 1:45 a.m., not only do you administer the analgesic in her right ventrogluteal site, but you also decide to implement some nonpharmaceutical measures to make her more comfortable. You massage her back with lotion after repositioning her on the right side. You provide her with a cup of hot cocoa, which she drinks, At 2:15 a.m. you assess Ms. Hall for the effectiveness of the interventions She reports that her pain in now a 4 and that she is getting sleepy. 50. Use the nurse’s note form (Fig. 37.1) and narrative-style documentation to document this scenario.
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