The nurse is teaching a patient about injection site selection and rotation, and how to self-inject insulin. Which statement made by the patient indicates that clarification is needed?
a. "The abdominal site is best because it is closest to the pancreas."
b. "I can reach my thigh the best, so I will use different areas of the same thigh."
c. "By rotating the sites within one area, my chance of having tissue damage is less."
d. "If I change injection sites from the thigh to the arm, the rate the insulin is absorbed may be different."
A
The abdominal site has the fastest rate of absorption because of the blood vessels in the area and not because of its proximity to the pancreas. It is a good site to use because most patients have sufficient subcutaneous tissue in the area and the patient can easily see and reach it.
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