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A nurse is mentoring a new nurse who is learning to start IVs. The nurse tells the new nurse that in case the patient needs subsequent venipuncture sites, the best place to initially start an IV is the:
 
  a. antecubital vein of the patient's nondo-minant arm.
  b. most appropriate distal vein on the non-dominant arm.
  c. most appropriate proximal vein available on either arm.
  d. antecubital vein of the patient's dominant arm.

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a client with severe influenza who requires an external source of oxygen in order to breathe efficiently. In which of the following situations is oxygen humidified?
 
  A) When more than 2 L/min of oxygen is administered for an extended period
  B) When more than 2 L/min but less than 3 L/min oxygen is administered
  C) When more than 4 L/min of oxygen is administered for an extended period
  D) When more than 5 L/min of oxygen is administered intermittently



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Answer to Question 1

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Initially place IV catheters at the most distal point, which allows for the use of proximal sites later if the patient needs a venipuncture site change (INS, 2011). Use the most distal site in the nondominant arm, if possible. Vascular access device placement in the dominant arm interferes with activities of daily living.

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When administering oxygen to a client using an external source of oxygen, the nurse should remember that oxygen is humidified when more than 4 L/min of oxygen is administered for an extended period. Oxygen need not be humidified if less than 4 L/min of oxygen has been administered to the client. Oxygen administered over an extended period of time, not intermittently, is humidified.





 

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