Staff nurses' sites of choice for administering intramuscular injections to adult patients in the acute care setting

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1034-1040

  Walsh, Lorna ^a   Brophy, Kathleen ^a  

^a Nurse Educator Center for Nursing Studies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dorsogluteal; Intramuscular injections; Nerve injury; Nursing education; Nursing practice; Patient safety; Ventrogluteal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HUMAN; INJURY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICS; THIGH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BUTTOCKS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SCIATIC NERVE; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954465046     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05527.x     Document Type: Article

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