The nurse calculates the amount of an antibiotic for injection to be given to an infant. The amount of medication to be administered is 1.25mL. The nurse should:
A. Give the medication in one injection in the ventrogluteal muscle
B. Give the medication in one injection in the dorsogluteal muscle
C. Divide the amount into two injections and give one in the ventrogluteal muscle and one in the vastus lateralis muscle
D. Divide the amount into two injections and administer in each vastus lateralis muscle
Correct Answer: D. Divide the amount into two injections and administer in each vastus lateralis muscle
Option D: No more than 1mL should be given in the vastus lateralis of the infant.
Options A, B, and C: The dorsogluteal and ventrogluteal muscles are not used for injections in the infant.