In this section, I want to talk about insulin therapy.

First and foremost, let's talk a little bit about insulin administration.

So here I'm really focusing on subcue type of injections.

So those injection sites, abdomen is pretty much what everybody is going to use.

But in rare cases where that you know may not be an

option for some reason or something we do have other potential options but again everybody's

going to use the abdomen there and then you want to rotate those sites on the abdomen

so doing them kind of at various different locations.

Basically not using the same spot over and over and over again.

That can lead to scarring, potentially bruises.

And we could also get these fat deposits in the abdominal area as well.

So definitely important to remember to rotate those sites and have a plan for that.

Preparation.

So doing hand hygiene, obviously verifying insulin type dose and making sure that it's not expired.

Attach a new pen needle.

And then we want to prime that pen with two units until a drop appears.

So this is going to be pretty standard for most insulin types.

Some insulins are different on the expiration date and those type of things. So if you're not

sure on that, be sure to look that up. That's an important thing. And then one other thing,

I've done a lot of work in nursing homes and assisted livings. Priming that pen is something that I've

seen forgotten in the process and places getting deficiencies for that,

for nursing staff and TMAs for getting to do that.

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