When administering intramuscular injections to an elderly client, the nurse prepares to use which of the following injection sites:
a. deltoid. c. rectus femoris.
b. vastus lateralis. d. ventrogluteal.
ANS: D
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A Incorrect: The deltoid muscle should not be used, because it has lost much of its mass.
B Incorrect: The vastus lateralis muscle should not be used, because it has lost much of its mass.
C Incorrect: This is not an appropriate IM site.
D Correct: The ventrogluteal site is the most appropriate in the older adult especially, in an emaciated client, because of the size of the muscle in this site.
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