Saunders Medications and IV therapy
Saunders Medications and IV therapy/Saunders Medications and IV therapy. 1. A client had a 1000-mL bag of 5% dextrose in 0.9% sodium chloride hung at 1500. The nurse making rounds at 1545 finds that the client is complaining of a pounding headache and is dyspneic, experiencing chills, and apprehensive, with an increased pulse rate. The intravenous (IV) bag has 400 mL remaining. The nurse should take which action first? 1. Slow the IV infusion. 2. Sit the client up in bed. 3. Remove the IV catheter. 4. Call the health care provider (HCP). Answer: 1. Slow the IV infusion.
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University Of San Francisco
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NURS 618
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saunders medications and iv therapy