Chapter 28, Problem 1DCR

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To clarify:

The nurse is scheduled to administer an intramuscular injection to the patient in the ventrogluteal site. The nurse is aware that the injection must be given using the Z-track technique. The nurse mentions this information to the other nurse, who is taking care of her patient in the hospital. However, the second nurse says that there is no need to use the Z-track technique to the first nurse. But the first nurse remembers that the she received this instruction from her instructor. What should be the action of the nurse?