The nurse at a public health infant immunization clinic is acting as a preceptor for a nursing student. To assess the student's understanding of vaccinations, the nurse asks the student where the hepatitis B vaccine should be administered
The student would be correct to respond that the hepatitis B vaccine should be administered in the a. dorsogluteal muscle in an adult.
b. anterolateral thigh in infants.
c. ventrogluteal muscle in adolescents.
d. deltoid of toddlers.
B
The HepB vaccine should be administered in the anterolateral thigh in infants and children.
The vaccine should be administered in the deltoid of adults and adolescents.
The vaccine should not be administered in the deltoid of toddlers, because they have little muscle in that location.
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