The nurse instructs the client's partner to administer subcutaneous regular Humulin insulin. Which does the nurse include in the partner's teaching?
1. Select a 25-gauge, -inch needle.
2. Massage the site after the injection.
3. Insert the needle at a 90-degree angle.
4. Use a different injection sites each time.
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1 and 3. To ensure subcutaneous delivery of the insulin, the nurse instructs the partner to use a 25-gauge, -inch needle and to inject the needle at a 45-degree angle into the pinch of skin.
2. The nurse instructs the partner to avoid massaging the injection site.
4. Rotating sites is unnecessary with Humulin insulin because antibodies are much less likely to form and cause hypertrophy of tissue.
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