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A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is assessing a client’s peripheral IV site.  According to standard practice, how often should a nurse remove a client’s peripheral short catheter?

A patient is started on IV therapy.  A sign that he is receiving too much or too rapid IV fluid, when compared with previous data, would be:

A client in a neurologic intensive care unit is being treated for cerebral edema. Which diuretic crosses the blood brain barrier and can be used to reduce intracranial pressure?

If the dressing date on a client’s peripheral cannula says July 1, when should the dressing and the cannula be changed?

Select two parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client’s progress.

A nurse is inserting an intravenous catheter into a client’s vein and knows that the catheter is correctly placed when which sign is first noted?

The nurse assessing the IV insertion site finds the vein hard, the skin red and tender, and a blood return in the IV line. The most effective intervention after removing the IV catheter is to:

The nurse is preparing to change the injection caps on the triple lumens of the client’s central line. The client’s central venous line is located in the right subclavian vein. The nurse asks the client to take which essential action during the cap change?

During an initial assessment of a client, the nurse observes that the IV solution is not infusing.  Which action should the nurse take first?

A nurse is preparing to start a 30-year-old adult, normotensive client’s intravenous line. Which technique(s) best assist the nurse in distention of veins before cannulation?