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    This document provides instructions for administering intradermal injections. It lists the necessary materials and steps for the procedure, including assessing the patient, selecting an injection site, preparing and administering the injection, observing the site after injection, and proper disposal of supplies. The document also includes a performance evaluation rubric to rate nurses on their administration technique.

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    1 Administering Intradermal Injection

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    This document provides instructions for administering intradermal injections. It lists the necessary materials and steps for the procedure, including assessing the patient, selecting an injection site, preparing and administering the injection, observing the site after injection, and proper disposal of supplies. The document also includes a performance evaluation rubric to rate nurses on their administration technique.

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    This document provides instructions for administering intradermal injections. It lists the necessary materials and steps for the procedure, including assessing the patient, selecting an injection site, preparing and administering the injection, observing the site after injection, and proper disposal of supplies. The document also includes a performance evaluation rubric to rate nurses on their administration technique.

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    1 Administering Intradermal Injection

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    This document provides instructions for administering intradermal injections. It lists the necessary materials and steps for the procedure, including assessing the patient, selecting an injection site, preparing and administering the injection, observing the site after injection, and proper disposal of supplies. The document also includes a performance evaluation rubric to rate nurses on their administration technique.

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    Administering Intradermal Injections

    A. Direction: Write your answers on the space provided.

    Assessments:

    Possible Nursing Diagnoses:

    1.

    2.

    Materials:

    B. Directions: Provide your assessment findings/rationale on the box. You are rated based on the
    performance rubrics.

    PROCEDURE RATIONALE RATING REMARKS


    1. Verify the practitioner's order.

    2. Wash hands.

    3. Prepare gather supplies based


    on the 5 rights of medication
    administration.
    4. Introduce yourself and verify
    client’s identity.

    5. Explain the procedure to the


    client.

    6. Verify allergies listed on the


    medical record.

    7. Don on gloves.

    8. Select injection site on the


    forearm if no other sites
    required by the doctor’s order or
    agency policy.

    Sites for ID are areas with


    subcutaneous fat less likely to
    interfere with administration
    and absorption.

    If forearm unsuitable for use,


    select an alternative site.

    Forearm is the standard initial


    starting point and has the least
    amount of subcutaneous tissue.
    9. Position client with forearm
    supinated.

    10. Disinfect the site of injection


    using alcohol swab or cotton
    balls soaked with alcohol.
    11. Taut the skin on the site of
    injection with the non-dominant
    hand.
    12. Insert needle just below the
    skin at 10- to 15-degree angle
    with dominant hand.
    13. Advance needle another 1/8
    inch after entering skin surface.

    14. Inject medication slowly and


    steadily to form a bleb.

    15. Remove needle at the same


    angle of injection.

    16. If blood is present remove by


    dabbing with a second alcohol
    swab. Do not rub area.
    17. Observe skin for local redness
    or swelling.

    18. Draw a 1-inch circle around the


    bleb.

    19. Place the client to a comfortable


    position. Instruct the client not
    to rub, cover or apply products
    on the area.
    20. Discard equipment and wash
    hands.

    21. Do after care. Discard needles


    in puncture-proof- container.

    22. Evaluate and document care.


    ● Reassess patient at 5 and
    15 minutes after
    administration as
    subsequent reactions may
    occur
    ● Read site within 48 to 72
    hours of injection/after 30
    minutes for antibiotics.
    TOTAL SCORE

    Reference: (Kozier, Erb, Berman, & Snyder, 2014)

    INSTRUCTOR : __________________________ AVERAGE: _______________________


    DATE : __________________________

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