The nurse is preparing to give an injection in the ventrogluteal injection site. Which pair of anatomical landmarks does the nurse use for this site?
a. Greater trochanter and knee
b. Acromion process and axilla
c. Anterior superior iliac spine and iliac crest
d. Posterior superior iliac spine and iliac crest
C
To locate the ventrogluteal muscle with the patient on the left side, the nurse palpates the head of the femur and the anterior superior iliac spine with the left hand. Place the heel of the right hand on the greater trochanter, with the thumb pointing to the groin and the index finger toward the anterior superior iliac spine. Extend the middle finger back to the iliac crest toward the buttocks, creating a V between the index finger and the middle finger; the injection site is deep in the mid-dle of this V. The remaining anatomical landmarks are used with other sites, not the ventroglu-teal.
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