The nurse is instructing a client on the self-administration of insulin. Place in order the steps that the nurse will instruct the client to take. (Move the steps into the box on the right, placing them in the selected order of performance. Use all the steps.)

Stabilize the skin by pinching an area.

Hold the syringe as if holding a pencil.

Insert the needle straight into the skin.

Push the plunger of the syringe.

Pull the needle straight out of the skin.

Press a cotton ball over the injection site.

Discard the syringe into a hard container.