On Monday, 01/30/2012 I assigned Ashley to administer a SQ injection on her patient.  Ashley required frequent verbal cueing throughout the procedure.  Ashley did not know the purpose of the medication despite looking it up the night before.  Ashley also did not know what type of syringe to use  for the injection.  I had to talk her through the procedure.  I feel that at this point in her clinical experience as a second level student, Ashley should be able to choose the proper syringe for a SQ injection.  Ashley and her clinical group had attended a lab on parenteral medications with hands on practice a few weeks ago.   This problem was discussed with Ashley and reflected on her mid-term evaluation.