Caring for Central Vascular Access
Device (CVAD) 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Pass
Which of the following patients may benefit from a long-term vascular
access device? (Select all that apply.) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- A patient who is
expected to require intravenous (IV) antibiotics for more than 7 days for a
severe respiratory infection.
- A patient who will be managed at home for end-stage cancer with a
continuous infusion of opioids for pain.
- A patient who is having major abdominal surgery and will require TPN
administration.
- A patient who requires frequent long-term phlebotomy (blood draws) in
the treatment of polycythemia.
, Choose the supplies the nurse will need to perform a dressing change of a
central vascular access device (CVAD). (Select all that apply.) - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- Sterile gloves.
- Clean gloves.
- Antimicrobial swabs.
- Transparent or gauze dressing (and tape).
- Mask(s).
Because the patient's central vascular access device is used intermittently
for fluid administration, the nurse flushes the infusion port with a 3-mL
syringe filled with heparin flush solution to maintain patency. What action
made by the nurse was incorrect? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The nurse used a 3-mL
syringe during the catheter flushing.
What is the purpose of the heparin flush solution in regard to care of a
vascular access device? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To maintain patency by reducing
the incidence of clot formation.
The nurse is sampling blood from an implanted venous port to be followed
with a continuous IV infusion. Assuming all other steps are performed
correctly, which of the following would require correction? - 🧠 ANSWER
Device (CVAD) 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Pass
Which of the following patients may benefit from a long-term vascular
access device? (Select all that apply.) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- A patient who is
expected to require intravenous (IV) antibiotics for more than 7 days for a
severe respiratory infection.
- A patient who will be managed at home for end-stage cancer with a
continuous infusion of opioids for pain.
- A patient who is having major abdominal surgery and will require TPN
administration.
- A patient who requires frequent long-term phlebotomy (blood draws) in
the treatment of polycythemia.
, Choose the supplies the nurse will need to perform a dressing change of a
central vascular access device (CVAD). (Select all that apply.) - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔- Sterile gloves.
- Clean gloves.
- Antimicrobial swabs.
- Transparent or gauze dressing (and tape).
- Mask(s).
Because the patient's central vascular access device is used intermittently
for fluid administration, the nurse flushes the infusion port with a 3-mL
syringe filled with heparin flush solution to maintain patency. What action
made by the nurse was incorrect? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The nurse used a 3-mL
syringe during the catheter flushing.
What is the purpose of the heparin flush solution in regard to care of a
vascular access device? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To maintain patency by reducing
the incidence of clot formation.
The nurse is sampling blood from an implanted venous port to be followed
with a continuous IV infusion. Assuming all other steps are performed
correctly, which of the following would require correction? - 🧠 ANSWER
