A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition via a peripherally

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A nurse is preparing to administer heparin subcutaneously to a client. Which of the following techniques should the nurse use?
​A. Cleanse the skin with an alcohol swab, insert the needle, and aspirate and inject the heparin.
​B. Cleanse the skin with an alcohol swab, insert the needle, aspirate and inject the heparin, and massage the site.
​C. Cleanse the skin with an alcohol swab, insert the needle, inject the heparin, and observe for bleeding.
​D. Cleanse the skin with an alcohol swab, insert the needle, inject the heparin, and aspirate and observe for bleeding.

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