Exam 7: Nursing Care of Patients Receiving Intravenous Therapy

The nurse notes that a patient's central venous access device (CVAD)infusion site gauze dressing is saturated with blood.What should the nurse do?

The health care provider is planning to discontinue total parenteral nutrition for a patient who has been receiving it for 3 weeks after an episode of severe gastrointestinal (GI)bleeding.What patient care order should the nurse anticipate?

The nurse is preparing to insert an intravenous (IV)catheter in a newly admitted patient.Which area should the nurse use first for this catheter?

A patient is to receive an IV liter of normal saline over 6 hours.To deliver the fluid,how many mL per hour should the nurse set the pump?

The nurse is preparing to start a peripheral IV infusion.Which technique should the nurse use to help ensure success with the venipuncture? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is planning to insert an IV catheter into a patient with severe upper extremity edema.Which actions should the nurse take to ensure the catheter is placed appropriately? (Select all that apply.)

An angiocatheter site in a patient's left forearm has become red and tender.What should the nurse do first?

The IV infusion pump for a patient receiving an IV therapy begins to alarm and displays occlusion.When the silence button is pushed,the alarm quickly resumes.Which action should the nurse take first?

A patient is prescribed an IV antibiotic medication that is 100 mg in 50 mL D₅W to be infused over 20 minutes.The infusion set delivers 15 gtt per mL.How many drops of medication per minute should the infusion set deliver to the patient?

A patient is prescribed to receive two units of packed red blood cells.When preparing for this patient's infusion of blood,which type of IV solution should the licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse LPN/LVN select?

A patient's IV fluids are infusing too quickly despite adjustments made to the flow rate.Which approach should the nurse consider to slow the flow rate of a gravity solution?