Re: Enbrel injections( from mike)

[Guest guest]

i have never checked for blood in the syringe . altho i probably have had hit a

vein . sometimes when i pull out the needle it bleeds . sometimes alot. and i'm

sure not going to throw away a $157 shot and get another one. they think we rich

or something. mike

<kyrik@...> wrote: I'm new to Enbrel, too, and have a question.

On the package insert it says to release the pinch of skin

after you stick the needle in, and then to pull back to

see if there's any blood. But I've talked to several

people (nurses among them) who say to keep the skin

pinched and not worry about checking for blood in the needle.

What do you all think?

Thx,

[Guest guest]

My daughter is a senior nursing student at present and she said that they are

taught that you do not have to " pull back " or check for blood when giving a subq

injection which is how enbrel is given. Years ago (35 of them) when I was a nsg

student we were taught that you were suppose to check and that if we hit a

capillary we were to push the needle a little deeper into the tissue or pull the

needle out a tiny bit and recheck and then inject the medicine. When giving an

IM injection you always check. Hope this helps.

mike nelson <winchester19572004@...> wrote: i have never checked for

blood in the syringe . altho i probably have had hit a vein . sometimes when i

pull out the needle it bleeds . sometimes alot. and i'm sure not going to throw

away a $157 shot and get another one. they think we rich or something.

mike

<kyrik@...> wrote: I'm new to Enbrel, too, and have a question.

On the package insert it says to release the pinch of skin

after you stick the needle in, and then to pull back to

see if there's any blood. But I've talked to several

people (nurses among them) who say to keep the skin

pinched and not worry about checking for blood in the needle.

What do you all think?

Thx,

[Guest guest]

That's what I was taught 33 years ago when giving insulin.

BVan (Betty)

Re: [ ] Enbrel injections( from mike)

Years ago (35 of them) when I was a nsg student we were taught that you were

suppose to check and that if we hit a capillary we were to push the needle a

little deeper into the tissue or pull the needle out a tiny bit and recheck and

then inject the medicine. When giving an IM injection you always check. Hope

this helps.

[Guest guest]

okayyyyyyyyyy i'm going into shock here ! ! ! ! $157 per shot ? ? ? ?

and how often ? ? ? ? do you have insurance ? does it cover

anything ? ? ?

and btw, sorry everyone, for my blooper . . . . guess i'm taking mtx

and not mxt. gotta learn these acronyms eventually . . . . .

hugs, bon/boys

I'm new to Enbrel, too, and have a

question.

>

> On the package insert it says to release the pinch of skin

> after you stick the needle in, and then to pull back to

> see if there's any blood. But I've talked to several

> people (nurses among them) who say to keep the skin

> pinched and not worry about checking for blood in the needle.

> What do you all think?

>

> Thx,

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

what's " im " ? ? ? ?

b/b

I'm new to Enbrel, too, and have a

question.

>

> On the package insert it says to release the pinch of skin

> after you stick the needle in, and then to pull back to

> see if there's any blood. But I've talked to several

> people (nurses among them) who say to keep the skin

> pinched and not worry about checking for blood in the needle.

> What do you all think?

>

> Thx,

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

IM -intramuscular-into the muscle subq into the subcutaneour tissue linda

bonniebaron <bonniebaron@...> wrote: what's " im " ? ? ? ?

b/b

I'm new to Enbrel, too, and have a

question.

>

> On the package insert it says to release the pinch of skin

> after you stick the needle in, and then to pull back to

> see if there's any blood. But I've talked to several

> people (nurses among them) who say to keep the skin

> pinched and not worry about checking for blood in the needle.

> What do you all think?

>

> Thx,

>

>

>

>

>