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ETearle

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on: Jul 22, 2018
When a nurse is selecting a site for IV placement, what is the most appropriate action?
 
  A. Trying the dominant hand first
  B. Elevating the extremity
  C. Using the most distal part of the vein
  D. Locating a vein over a bony prominence

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A nurse is taking a history on a newly admitted patient. The patient states that he recently had a change in diet and medication. When asked about bowel elimination the patient reports that stools are dry and hard to pass.
 
  The nurse realizes that this bowel pattern is best identified as: A. constipation.
  B. fecal impaction.
  C. fecal incontinence.
  D. abnormal defecation.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Choose a site that will not interfere with activities of daily living or planned procedures. When selecting a site, place the extremity in a dependent position from the heart to increase venous dilation and visibility. Avoid sites that are distal to previous venipunctures, in antecubital fossa, inner wrist, sclerosed, hardened, or bruised.

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Fecal impaction results from unrelieved constipation. Fecal incontinence is the inability to control the passage of feces and gas from the anus. Normal defecation begins with movement in the left colon, moving stool towards the anus.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Wow, this really help

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