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______ Electrocardiography  

With surgical handwashing, the nurse should:   

A client recently had gallbladder surgery and has a Jackson-Pratt drain in the incision. The color is pale yellow and clear. The nurse would expect to document the type of wound drainage as:

Which of the following guidelines for sterile technique are correct? Select all that apply.  

Which action should the nurse take after an unsuccessful venipuncture attempt?

Which interventions help to prevent local infection at the IV site? (Select all that apply)

The nurse is preparing to draw a blood sample from a patient with a history of mastectomy on the right side. Which site would the nurse select to perform the venipuncture?

Which complication is likely to occur if a blood sample is hemolyzed?

Use this Venn Diagram to answer the next two questions:

The provider orders 750 mL of Lactated Ringers to infuse at 75 mL/hr. The nurse begins the infusion at 0830. What time would the nurse expect the infusion to be completed? (Answer in military time)