A Newborn Requires an Intramuscular Injection

question 22

Multiple Choice

A newborn requires an intramuscular injection. Which of the following sites will the nurse first seek to use for the injection?

• A) Ventrogluteal site
• B) Deltoid
• C) Rectus femoris
• D) Vastus lateralis

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A gauge for the level of variance or scattering of values within a dataset.

Exponential Distribution

A continuous probability distribution used to model the time between events in a process where events occur continuously and independently at a constant average rate.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, computed by dividing the sum of these numbers by the count of numbers in the set.

Parameter λ

Often used to denote a rate parameter in exponential distributions which quantifies the frequency of occurrence for a given event.