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Zulu123

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The nurse has determined that a client's intravenous infusion has infiltrated. The assessment finding that is mostly seen with an infiltrated IV would be:
 
  1. a reddened area.
  2. warmth along the vein.
  3. red stripe along the vein.
  4. a cool area near the infusion site.

Question 2

While assessing a client with smooth, taut, shiny skin in the calves and thighs, the nurse makes a 1 inch deep depression in the calf that is slow to disappear. The nurse charts that the client has:
 
  1. +3 pitting edema of the calves.
  2. mild edema in the calves of the legs.
  3. fluid volume deficit.
  4. hyponatremia.



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