Introduction
Safe medication administration, including the administration
of intramuscular (IM) injections, is an expected competency
of both novice and experienced nurses. Considering the focus
on evidence-based practice and recommendations in the
recent nursing literature advocating preferential use of the
ventrogluteal (VG) site over the dorsogluteal (DG) site, it is
not unrealistic to expect that practising nurses incorporate
these recommendations into their nursing care. The focus of
this study was to determine the site of choice for IM
injections by nurses in one Canadian province. However, due
to the frequency of use of this skill by nurses worldwide, the
findings of this study have international relevance.