Posted: February 26th, 2018

Self-injection : 3 Best Ways to Teach Diabetics

The nurse is teaching a patient to prepare a syringe with 40 units of U-100 NPH insulin for self-injection.

The patient’s first priority in this situation is to:

A. Assess the site
B. Select the appropriate injection site
C. Check the syringe to verify that the nurse has removed the prescribed insulin dose
D. Clean the injection site in a circular manner with alcohol sponge