Infusion Therapy Questions with correct answers
ANS: D An order for infusion therapy must contain the following to be complete: specific type of fluid, rate of administration, and drugs added to the solution. Osmolarity of the solution is not necessary because it is incorporated into the specific type of fluid. It is the nurse's independent decision about the most appropriate vein to cannulate and the catheter size to use. CORRECT ANSWER 1. Before the administration of intravenous fluid, it is most important for the nurse to obtain which information from the health care provider's orders? a. Intravenous catheter size b. Osmolarity of the solution c. Vein to be used for therapy d. Specific type of IV fluid ANS: D To be complete, IV orders for infusion fluids should specify the rate of infusion. This order does not specify the rate of infusion and is not considered complete. CORRECT ANSWER 2. Which IV order does the nurse question? a. Flush Groshong catheter with 10 mL normal saline every 8 hours. b. Infuse 20 mEq potassium chloride in 1000 mL D5W at 50 mL/hr. c. Infuse 500 mL normal saline over 1 hour. d. Infuse 0.9% normal saline at keep vein o
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