@article{article_533530, title={Selection of Site for Administration of Intramuscular Injection to Adult Patients by Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study}, journal={Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={5}, pages={134–140}, year={2019}, DOI={10.30934/kusbed.533530}, author={Turan, Nuray and Özdemir Aydın, Gülsün and Kaya, Nurten}, keywords={İntramusküler enjeksiyon,ventrogluteal bölge,dorsogluteal bölge,deltoid bölge,laterofemoral bölge}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm -5.65pt .0001pt;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us">Objective: </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </b> <span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-size:12px;">This study was carried out
to determine the sites which are selected by nurses to use in the intramuscular
medicine applications and the factors affecting the selection of the injection
sites. </span> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm -5.65pt .0001pt;line-height:normal;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us"> <b>Methods: </b> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-gb">The population of this descriptive and cross-sectional
type of study </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:12px;"> was composed of 250 nurses working in two hospitals in Istanbul,
the sample was composed of 171 nurses selected by stratified random sampling method.
Data were collected with ‘Structured Questionnaire Form’. </span> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm -5.65pt .0001pt;line-height:normal;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us"> <b>Results: </b> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us"> <b> </b>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 they preferred dorsogluteal </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-gb">site </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:12px;"> to apply injection with a ratio of 83.6%. When the knowledge level
of nurses about the complications that may occur depending </span> <span style="font-size:12px;">  </span> <span style="font-size:12px;">injection </span> </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-gb">site </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us">, 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 </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-gb">site </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us">. On
the other hand, it was learnt that they had a risk of developing sciatic nerve
damage in the ventrogluteal </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-gb">site </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us">. The unit, which the nurses
work and the experience period in that unit affects the </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-gb">site </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us"> selection in injection application. As a result, nurses often
prefer the dorsogluteal </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-gb">site </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:12px;"> in injection. </span> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:-5.65pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <span style="font-size:12px;"> </span> <span style="font-size:12px;"> </span> <span style="font-size:12px;"> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm -5.65pt 12pt;line-height:normal;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us"> <b>Conclusion: </b> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-us"> <b> </b>The nurses’ knowledge about the complications that
may ocur in the sites chosen for injection by them is insufficient and there
are factors affecting the selection of the </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12px;" xml:lang="en-gb">site </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <span style="font-size:12px;">. </span> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"> <span style="font-size:9pt;"> </span> </font> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Kocaeli Üniversitesi}, organization={Istanbul University Scientific Research Projects (IUBAP) Unit}