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A nurse is giving a Vitamin K injection to a 30-day-old infant. What is the most suitable injection site?

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Correct Incorrect Medications should be injected into the thickest part of the vastus lateralis muscle, which is located at the junction of the upper and middle thirds of the thigh.

A nurse is giving a Vitamin K injection to a 30-day-old infant. What is the most suitable injection site?

  • Gluteus maximus
  • Gluteus minimus
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Vastus medialis
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