TY  - JOUR
TI  - SELECTION OF SITE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION TO ADULT PATIENTS BY NURSES: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
AB  - Objective: This study was carried out to determine the sites which are selected by nurses to use in the intramuscular medicine applications and thefactors affecting the selection of the injection sites.Methods: The population of this descriptive and cross-sectional type of study was composed of 250 nurses working in two hospitals in Istanbul, thesample was composed of 171 nurses selected by stratified random sampling method. Data were collected with ‘Structured Questionnaire Form’.Results: The average age of the nurses was found to be 26.27±7.46 years, it was determined that 40.4% of them applied injection very often and theypreferred dorsogluteal site to apply injection with a ratio of 83.6%. When the knowledge level of nurses about the complications that may occurdepending injection site, it was seen that some nurses did not consider complications such as pain, nerve, bone and vascular injury, infection, necrosis,tissue irritation, nodules or stiffness, abscess and hematoma in the deltoid site. On the other hand, it was learnt that they had a risk of developing sciaticnerve damage in the ventrogluteal site. The unit, which the nurses work and the experience period in that unit affects the site selection in injectionapplication. As a result, nurses often prefer the dorsogluteal site in injection.Conclusion: The nurses’ knowledge about the complications that may ocur in the sites chosen for injection by them is insufficient and there are factorsaffecting the selection of the site.
AU  - TURAN, NURAY
AU  - Kaya, Nurten
AU  - Özdemir Aydın, Gülsün
DO  - 10.30934/kusbed.533530
PY  - 2019
JO  - Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
SN  - 2149-8571
SP  - 134
EP  - 140
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/393422
ER  -