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A large volume of distribution generally indicates that the drug remains in the blood. 

The client is beginning to take a new prescription for nitrofurantoin. The client would most likely anticipate which side effect?

A nurse needs to initiate a peripheral IV on a 97 year old woman with tiny, fragile veins.  Which of the following access devices would be the best choice?

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: