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Vaccine administration

12 July 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

There has been a big increase in the number of vaccinations administered by nurses in the past few decades and it is now a regular part of many nurses’ workloads....

Safe injection techniques

16 June 1999

Nursing Standard

CPD

As knowledge to support nurses’ everyday practice increases, it is appropriate to reappraise routine procedures. This article revises nurses’ knowledge of the...

Safe injection techniques

01 July 2000

Primary Health Care

CPD

Aims and intended learning outcomes As knowledge to support nurses’ everyday practice increases, it is appropriate to reappraise routine procedures. This article...

Intra-articular and soft tissue injections by nurses: preparation for expanded practice

03 May 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Administration of intra-articular and soft tissue injections for rheumatic disease represents an expansion of the nurse’s role. To achieve the benefits of improved...

Empowering nurses to educate people with diabetes in correct insulin injection technique

29 November 2017

Primary Health Care

Evidence & practice

As diabetes becomes a global concern, an international congress of 183 diabetes experts from 54 countries has produced a set of international recommendations for...

using the ventrogluteal site for intramuscular injections

01 October 2006

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

The ideal site for administering intramuscular (IM) injections has been discussed in a number of recently published articles (Nisbet 2006, Greenway 2004, Small...

Using the ventrogluteal site for intramuscular injection

03 March 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The administration of intramuscular injections is a common nursing intervention in clinical practice. This article aims to raise awareness of the use of the...

Intramuscular injection techniques

20 February 2008

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The administration of intramuscular (IM) injections is an important part of medication management and a common nursing intervention in clinical practice. A skilled...

Helping to alleviate pain for children having venepuncture

01 October 2009

Paediatric Nursing

Feature

This article reviews the literature on venepuncture and children. The evidence on the use of topical agents namely tetracaine (amethocaine) gel and...

Suspect, detect and protect: lessons from a lipohypertrophy workshop for children’s nurses

12 November 2015

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & Science

This article describes a recent training workshop to educate children’s nurses on injection technique best practice for diabetes, in particular, lipohypertrophy. The...