MED ADMIN EXAM 4 TSTC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Intravenous (IV) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Is a cannula inserted in a patent vain for administration of
IV approve medication, fluid or nutrition, blood draw, etc.
What is the goal of IV therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Restore and maintained fluid and
electrolyte balance
What are the uses and advantages of IV administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct or
prevents fluid and electrolyte imbalance.
Delivers precise amount of medication or large amounts of fluid infusion.
Administer fluid, electrolytes, antibiotics, chemotherapy, nutrition
Medication, absorbed more rapidly, directly into bloodstream.
Allows for administration of medication's that are irritating, and cannot be administered any other way .
Prevent discomfort of repeated injections .
Where would you place a peripheral IV? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Typically placed an upper
extremities
Texas allows LVN to insert this type of IV, but is still dependent on the facilities policy - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Peripheral IV
What type of IV is short term ( per policy, usually around 96 hours) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Peripheral IV
What IV is more prone infiltration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Peripheral IV
Multiple medications must be compatible to be given at the same with witch IV - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Peripheral IV
, What is a central line ( CVAD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Katherine inserted into a large central vein,
that administer medication directly into the heart
Central line ( CVAD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Available in single or multiple lumens.
More stable, which allows for up to 30 day use
Less danger of infiltration
Allows for TPN, multiple medication at once, and blood draws
NOT inserted by a nurse!!!!!
PICC line - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)
Type of central line ( CVAD or CVC)
Slightly more wrist to accidental removal
Usable up to 30 days !
May be inserted by specially trained nurses !!!!!!!!
What is infiltration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When the IV cannula is outside, the vein and
medication is going into the patient's tissue.
May result in minor, swelling, or irritation, or cause life-changing damage.
Infiltration signs and symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pain, burning, cool, skin, blanching,
swelling, tightness, decreased, or stopped flow.
Signs of infiltration ( IV concerns) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Swelling or puffiness, coolness, pain at
the insertion site, surrounding tissue, appear, white or red, filling of hardness, possible leaking fluid
around catheter.
What is phlebitis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Inflammation of the vein
Redness, cordlike mass, following route of vein, pain and tenderness, swelling, warmth, and area .
Can be life-threatening if blood clot forms !!!!!
Intravenous (IV) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Is a cannula inserted in a patent vain for administration of
IV approve medication, fluid or nutrition, blood draw, etc.
What is the goal of IV therapy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Restore and maintained fluid and
electrolyte balance
What are the uses and advantages of IV administration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Correct or
prevents fluid and electrolyte imbalance.
Delivers precise amount of medication or large amounts of fluid infusion.
Administer fluid, electrolytes, antibiotics, chemotherapy, nutrition
Medication, absorbed more rapidly, directly into bloodstream.
Allows for administration of medication's that are irritating, and cannot be administered any other way .
Prevent discomfort of repeated injections .
Where would you place a peripheral IV? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Typically placed an upper
extremities
Texas allows LVN to insert this type of IV, but is still dependent on the facilities policy - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Peripheral IV
What type of IV is short term ( per policy, usually around 96 hours) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Peripheral IV
What IV is more prone infiltration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Peripheral IV
Multiple medications must be compatible to be given at the same with witch IV - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Peripheral IV
, What is a central line ( CVAD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Katherine inserted into a large central vein,
that administer medication directly into the heart
Central line ( CVAD) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Available in single or multiple lumens.
More stable, which allows for up to 30 day use
Less danger of infiltration
Allows for TPN, multiple medication at once, and blood draws
NOT inserted by a nurse!!!!!
PICC line - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)
Type of central line ( CVAD or CVC)
Slightly more wrist to accidental removal
Usable up to 30 days !
May be inserted by specially trained nurses !!!!!!!!
What is infiltration? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅When the IV cannula is outside, the vein and
medication is going into the patient's tissue.
May result in minor, swelling, or irritation, or cause life-changing damage.
Infiltration signs and symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Pain, burning, cool, skin, blanching,
swelling, tightness, decreased, or stopped flow.
Signs of infiltration ( IV concerns) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Swelling or puffiness, coolness, pain at
the insertion site, surrounding tissue, appear, white or red, filling of hardness, possible leaking fluid
around catheter.
What is phlebitis? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Inflammation of the vein
Redness, cordlike mass, following route of vein, pain and tenderness, swelling, warmth, and area .
Can be life-threatening if blood clot forms !!!!!
