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Hondros Nursing 172 Exam 2 Questions
and Correct Answers
Question: When working on a central line, what do you use to clean the
site?
Answer: Chloroprep
Question: If taking care of patients IVs, which ones are you more
concerned about?
Answer: a patient with phlebitis and a patient with a red vein, palpable
cord with a red streak
Question: What should the nurse consider when choosing the
appropriate infusing catheter for a patient?
Answer: -type of solution ordered
-condition of the patient's veins
-length of time the catheter is needed
Question: The nurse will apply which standard of practice pertaining to
an administration set?
Answer: - intermediate infusion sets should be immediately changes upon
contamination
- secondary intermediate IVPB should be changed every 24 hours
_ primary effusion sets should be changed every 72 to 96 hours
Question: What nursing actions would prevent vascular access
infection?
Answer: - applying sterile gloves when applying a new central line
dressing
- removing a peripheral IV with redness as soon as the redness is noticed
- checking expiration date on tubing and IV fluid
Pretest - Stuvia US
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Question: The nurse knows that local complications are which of the
following?
Answer: - Phlebitis
- Hematoma
- extravasation
Question: What are the reasons that you as a nurse are concerned with
preventing healthcare acquired infections?
Answer: - healthcare institutions are often not reimbursed for hospital
acquired infections
- can be life threatening
- there is a NPSG concerning infection prevention
Question: What actions will the nurse take to prevent
infiltration/extravasation?
Answer: - instruct the patient to immediately report pain, burning, or
swelling at the IV site
- do not attempt a peripheral IV more that two times per nurse
- do not place a peripheral IV over a joint
Question: How does Chloroprep dry?
Answer: air dry- DO NOT FAN OR BLOW DRY
Question: If a patient had jugular vein distention, difficulty breathing, 3-
lb weight gain in 24 hours, and generalized edema, what nursing
interventions would you carry out in the state of Ohio as an LPN?
Answer: - daily weights
- restrict oral intake
- position patient in semi-fowlers
- check lunch sounds for crackles
Question: What action would show an understanding by the LPN of a
sterile technique?
Answer: - the LPN only touches sterile objects to other sterile objects
Pretest - Stuvia US
Hondros Nursing 172 Exam 2 Questions
and Correct Answers
Question: When working on a central line, what do you use to clean the
site?
Answer: Chloroprep
Question: If taking care of patients IVs, which ones are you more
concerned about?
Answer: a patient with phlebitis and a patient with a red vein, palpable
cord with a red streak
Question: What should the nurse consider when choosing the
appropriate infusing catheter for a patient?
Answer: -type of solution ordered
-condition of the patient's veins
-length of time the catheter is needed
Question: The nurse will apply which standard of practice pertaining to
an administration set?
Answer: - intermediate infusion sets should be immediately changes upon
contamination
- secondary intermediate IVPB should be changed every 24 hours
_ primary effusion sets should be changed every 72 to 96 hours
Question: What nursing actions would prevent vascular access
infection?
Answer: - applying sterile gloves when applying a new central line
dressing
- removing a peripheral IV with redness as soon as the redness is noticed
- checking expiration date on tubing and IV fluid
Pretest - Stuvia US
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Question: The nurse knows that local complications are which of the
following?
Answer: - Phlebitis
- Hematoma
- extravasation
Question: What are the reasons that you as a nurse are concerned with
preventing healthcare acquired infections?
Answer: - healthcare institutions are often not reimbursed for hospital
acquired infections
- can be life threatening
- there is a NPSG concerning infection prevention
Question: What actions will the nurse take to prevent
infiltration/extravasation?
Answer: - instruct the patient to immediately report pain, burning, or
swelling at the IV site
- do not attempt a peripheral IV more that two times per nurse
- do not place a peripheral IV over a joint
Question: How does Chloroprep dry?
Answer: air dry- DO NOT FAN OR BLOW DRY
Question: If a patient had jugular vein distention, difficulty breathing, 3-
lb weight gain in 24 hours, and generalized edema, what nursing
interventions would you carry out in the state of Ohio as an LPN?
Answer: - daily weights
- restrict oral intake
- position patient in semi-fowlers
- check lunch sounds for crackles
Question: What action would show an understanding by the LPN of a
sterile technique?
Answer: - the LPN only touches sterile objects to other sterile objects
Pretest - Stuvia US
