Question

Hello, I am doing psychomotor skill assigment. I would like to know about flu shot administration and step by step explanation and how to evaluate this technique. Thank you.

Answer 1

Flu shot administration and step by step explanation are as follows-

Flu shot is best for preventing the flu but it's not 100% effective as the annual flu shot will protect you against 3 or 4 strains of the virus that are expected to be prevalent that flu season, flu shots are usually given in the upper arm, and you may get a specific type recommended for your age group, flu shots are fairly easy to administer.

1)Intramuscular injection (IM)
Inactivated Influenza Vaccines (IIV), including recombinant
hemagglutinin (RIV), cell culture-based vaccine (ccIIV),
adjuvanted influenza vaccine (aIIV), and egg culture-based
inactivated influenza vaccines.
1 Use a needle long enough to reach deep into the muscle.
Infants age 6 through 11 mos: 1"; 1 through 10 yrs: 1–1¼";
and children and adults 11 years and older: 1–1½".
2 With your non-dominant hand, bunch up the muscle.
3 With your dominant hand, insert the needle at a 90° angle
penetrate to the skin with a quick thrust.
4 Push down on plunger and inject the entire content inside
of the syringe and there is no need to aspirate.
5 Remove the needle and then apply pressure to the
injection site with a dry cotton ball or gauze. Hold in place
for few seconds.
6 If there is any bleeding, cover the injection site with a
bandage.
7 Put the used needle and syringe in a sharps container and dispose it.

2)Intranasal administration (NAS)
Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV)
1 FluMist (LAIV) is for intranasal administration only. Do
not inject FluMist.
2 Remove rubber tip protector. Do not remove dose-divider
clip at the other end of the sprayer.
3 With the patient in an upright position,
place the tip just inside the nostril to
ensure LAIV is delivered into the nose.
The patient should breathe normally.
4 With a single motion, depress plunger as rapidly as possible until the dose-divider clip prevents
you from going further.
5 Pinch and remove the dose-divider
clip from the plunger.
6 Place the tip just inside the other
nostril, and with a single motion,
depress plunger rapidly as possible to deliver the
remaining vaccine.
7 Dispose of the applicator .