IV therapy Saunders
The nurse is caring for a client with liver disease. Laboratory studies are performed, and the client's serum calcium level is 13 mg/dL. The nurse checks to see that which medication is available in the stock medication supply area on the clinical nursing unit that may be needed to treat this calcium imbalance?
Calcitonin (Cibacalcin)
The nurse checks the peripheral intravenous (IV) site dressing and notes that it is damp and that the tape is loose. Which is the first action by the nurse?
Check that the tubing is securely attached.
A client with a peripheral intravenous (IV) site calls the nurse to the room and tells the nurse, "The IV is not running right." Which findings would indicate an infiltrated IV? Select all that apply.
Cool to touch Swelling at the site May not have a blood return
The nurse has a prescription to give ear drops to a 2-year-old child. To administer the drops, the nurse should pull the pinna of the ear in which direction?
Downward and backward
A client receiving intravenous (IV) fluid therapy complains of burning and a feeling of tightness at the IV insertion site. On data collection, the nurse detects coolness and swelling at the site and notes that the IV rate has slowed. The nurse determines that which has occurred?
Infiltration
The nurse is caring for a client who had a small bowel resection the previous day and has continuous gastric suction attached to the nasogastric tube. Which intravenous solution should the nurse anticipate to be prescribed for the client?
Lactated Ringer's solution
The nurse is assisting in caring for a client who is receiving morphine sulfate by continuous intravenous infusion. The nurse ensures that which medication is readily available if a morphine overdose occurs?
Nalmefene (Revex)
A client rings the call bell and complains of pain at the site of an intravenous (IV) infusion. The licensed practical nurse (LPN) inspects the site and determines that the client has developed phlebitis. The LPN should plan to avoid which action in the care of this client?
Prepare to start a new line in a proximal portion of the same vein.
The nurse hangs a 1000-mL bag of intravenous (IV) fluid on an assigned client. Forty-five minutes later, the nurse notes that the client is complaining of a pounding headache, is dyspneic, is apprehensive, and has an increased pulse rate. The IV bag has 500 mL remaining. The nurse should take which action?
Shut off the IV infusion.
The nurse has been instructed to remove an intravenous (IV) line. The nurse removes the catheter by withdrawing the catheter while applying pressure to the site with which item?
Sterile 2 × 2 gauze
A client uses the call system to notify the nurse to say that "the IV hurts and my left hand is swollen." The nurse assesses the site and determines infiltration has occurred. In order of priority, which actions should the nurse take? Arrange the actions in the order they should be performed. All options must be used.
1 Stop the infusion. 2 Remove the intravenous catheter 3 Apply a compress to the site. 4 Notify the registered nurse to start a new IV on the right extremity.
The nurse is checking the date of an intravenous (IV) insertion in a client. The insertion date on the dressing is 2/9 (February 9). The nurse calculates that the site should be changed on which date?
2/12
The nurse is preparing a continuous intravenous (IV) infusion at the medication cart. As the nurse goes to attach the distal end of the IV tubing to a needleless device, the tubing drops and hits the top of the medication cart. Which is the appropriate action by the nurse?
Change the IV tubing
The nurse has been assigned to the care of four adult clients who are receiving continuous intravenous (IV) infusions. The nurse planning the work assignment for the shift makes a notation to check the IV sites of these clients at which time interval?
Every hour
The nurse is doing a routine assessment of a client's peripheral intravenous (IV) site. The nurse notes that the site is cool, pale, and swollen and that the IV has stopped running. The nurse determines that which has probably occurred?
Infiltration
A client who is receiving antineoplastic medication by the intravenous (IV) route complains of pain at the insertion site of the IV. The nurse inspects the site and finds the area is swollen and reddened. The nurse further observes that the solution is no longer infusing. The nurse immediately takes which priority nursing action?
Notifies the registered nurse (RN)
The nurse is checking the insertion site of a peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter. The nurse notes the site to be reddened, warm, painful, and slightly edematous in the area of the vein proximal to the IV catheter. The nurse interprets that this is likely the result of which?
Phlebitis of the vein
A client is complaining of pain at the site of the intravenous (IV) infusion device. The nurse checks the IV site and determines that the client has developed phlebitis. Which action should the nurse take?
Remove the IV.
The nurse is checking a peripheral intravenous (IV) site and notes blanching, coolness, and edema at the site. The nurse should do which first?
Remove the IV.
The nurse notes blanching, coolness, and edema at the peripheral intravenous (IV) site. Which is the most appropriate action?
Remove the IV.
The nurse notes that the site of a client's peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter is reddened, warm, painful, and slightly edematous proximal to the insertion point of the IV catheter. Based on these findings, the initial nursing action is which?
Remove the IV.
The nurse notes the appearance of skin breakdown on a client's hand at the site of an intravenous catheter that had medication infusing. The nurse determines that which adverse effect occurred? Refer to figure.
Extravasation
The nurse administering medications to a client notes a prescription to give a subcutaneous dose of heparin sodium. The nurse should perform which action to give this medication safely?
Give the injection using a 25- to 27-gauge, ⅝-inch needle.
A client is scheduled for insertion of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), and the nurse explains the advantages of this catheter. Which statement by the client indicates a lack of understanding about this type of catheter?
It is specifically designed for short-term use.
An adult client is admitted to the emergency department with acute extensive partial thickness burns to the lower extremities. The nurse anticipates the health care provider will initially prescribe which medications and route for pain control? Select all that apply.
Morphine sulfate intravenously Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) intravenously
The critical care nurse is caring for a client with a subclavian central line catheter. The nurse knows that a specific central-line bundle was developed to reduce the client's risk for developing a catheter-related bloodstream infection (CLABSI). The interventions include which essential actions? Select all that apply.
Strict hand washing Optimal catheter site selection Strict sterile technique with maximal barrier precautions during placement
A nursing student is assisting the clinic nurse with the administration of immunizations in the well-baby clinic. The student is asked to administer a measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine to a child and prepares to administer the vaccine in which way?
Subcutaneously in the upper arm