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Midterm Exam IV Therapy
• Due Mar 2 at 2:30pm
• Points 200
• Questions 51
• Available after Mar 2 at 8:30am
• Time Limit 120 Minutes
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200 Points
51 Questions
120 Minutes
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Score for this quiz: 200 out of 200
Submitted Mar 2 at 11:47am
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Question 1
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What is it called when fluid escapes into surrounding tissue. Non vesicant medication/solution from
the vein into the surrounding tissue?
Correct!
Infiltration
Correct Answer
Infiltration
Question 2
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What is the escape of a vesicant medication/solution from the vein into the surrounding tissue
(vesicant = medication or fluid capable of causing tissue injury, such as necrosis or tissue
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damage, when it escapes from the vein)
Correct!
Extravasation
Correct Answer
Extravasation
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Question 3
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A client with the recent diagnosis of MI and impaired renal function is recuperating on the step-
down cardiac unit. The client's blood pressure has been borderline low, and IV fluids have been
infusing at 100mL/hr via a central line catheter in the right internal jugular for approx. 24 hours to
increase renal output and maintain the blood pressure. Upon entering the client's room, the nurse
notes that the client is breathing rapidly and is coughing. The nurse determines that the client is
most likely experiencing which complication of IV therapy?
Hematoma
Air embolism
Systemic infection
Correct!
Circulatory overload
Question 4
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The nurse is making initial rounds on the nursing unit to assess the condition of assigned clients.
The nurse notes that a client's IV site is cool, pale, and swollen, and the solution is not infusing.
The nurse concludes that which of the following complications has occurred?
Phlebitis
Thrombosis
Infection
Correct!
Infiltration
Question 5
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The nurse is inserting an IV line into a client's vein. After the initial stick, the nurse continues to
advance the catheter if:
Correct!
Blood return shows in the backflash chamber of the catheter.
The catheter advances easily
The vein is distended under the needle
The client does not complain of discomfort