NURS 6521N Advanced Pharmacology.2020 Summer (NURS-6521N)

A 5-year-old boy needs an IM injection. The least painful and most effective injection site would be the 1 out of 1 points Response Feedback: The ventrogluteal site is the best choice because it is free of major nerves and blood vessels and is characterized by deep muscle mass. The drug is injected into the gluteus medius muscle, which is in the ventrogluteal site. Injection in the gluteus medius is less painful than injection in the vastus lateralis. The dorsogluteal site should b...