IV THERAPY EVALUATION EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔When should a patient should be instructed to seek nursing assistance for a site-
related occurrence? - ✔✔Dressing feels wet, pain develops, redness develops, swelling
develops, blood backs up into administration set tubing.
✔✔A peripheral IV catheter may be converted to an intermittent infusion device by
connecting what type of equipment to the catheter hub? - ✔✔Injection port
✔✔The goal of injecting a flush solution into the intermittent infusion device is to? -
✔✔Maintain patency
✔✔How many units per milliliter is the most commonly used concentration of heparin
flush solution for peripheral intermittent infusion devices - ✔✔10
✔✔The recommended time span for injecting flush solutions into peripheral intermittent
infusion devices is over how many seconds? - ✔✔60
✔✔It is important to maintain positive pressure on the syringe while simultaneously
injecting the last 0.2ml of flush solution and withdrawing the needle in order to prevent -
✔✔blood reflux into catheter lumen
✔✔What would occur if sterile water were used to flush an intermittent infusion device?
- ✔✔Hemolysis
✔✔Alternate terms used in reference to an intermittent infusion device include? -
✔✔Locked cannula, heparin lock, and saline lock
✔✔Intermittent infusion devices are used to provide which of the following intravenous-
related procedures? - ✔✔Intermittent delivery of IV push drugs and intermittent IV
piggyback infusions
✔✔What essential component is required when documenting patency maintenance of
intermittent infusion devices using NS flushing? - ✔✔Volume and time span for flushing.
✔✔Needle protective systems are designed to - ✔✔reduce the risk of needle stick
injuries
✔✔Which of the following is the most vital nursing consideration when using a non-
electronic rate minder? - ✔✔Its use does not negate the need for a nurse to monitor the
infusion rate
, ✔✔Which of the following statements correctly reflects the use of a microbore extension
tubing set? - ✔✔Often used as an adjuvant to a PICC line
✔✔What is the setting in which elastomeric infusion devices are predominantly used? -
✔✔home care settings
✔✔The purpose of an IV site protector is to prevent? - ✔✔dis-lodgement of the cannula
✔✔What are the complications associated with IV therapy? - ✔✔Phlebitis, infiltration,
and extravasation
✔✔What IV therapy complication has been reported to have 40-50% mortality - ✔✔Air
embolism
✔✔Discoloration and formation of a hard painful lump adjacent to the venipuncture site
are the two signs and symptoms of what condition? - ✔✔Hematoma
✔✔What are the two characteristics of a throbophlebitis? - ✔✔Inflammation and
thrombosis
✔✔Engorged neck veins, hypertension, severe dyspnea, and moist rales are indicators
of what? - ✔✔Circulatory overload
✔✔Fever, chills, general malaise, headache, nausea, and vomiting, vascular collapse,
and shock are signs and symptoms of what condition? - ✔✔speticemia
✔✔Pleuritic pain or discomfort, tachycardia, dyspnea, hemoptysis (coughing up blood),
and cyanosis are signs and symptoms of what conditions? - ✔✔Pulmonary embolism
✔✔What are the symptoms of infiltration - ✔✔swelling, coolness, and altered flow rate
✔✔Sterile/chemical, mechanical, and septic are sub-classifications of what local
complication? - ✔✔Phlebitis
✔✔Weeping of tissue may or may not develop in a patient who has which of the
following complications? - ✔✔Cellulitis
✔✔If a patient has a catheter embolism, what is the symptom? - ✔✔There may not be a
symptom (asymptomatic)
✔✔What is essential for accurate documentation of an IV therapy-monitoring process? -
✔✔Pertinent information regarding observations and actions taken
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔When should a patient should be instructed to seek nursing assistance for a site-
related occurrence? - ✔✔Dressing feels wet, pain develops, redness develops, swelling
develops, blood backs up into administration set tubing.
✔✔A peripheral IV catheter may be converted to an intermittent infusion device by
connecting what type of equipment to the catheter hub? - ✔✔Injection port
✔✔The goal of injecting a flush solution into the intermittent infusion device is to? -
✔✔Maintain patency
✔✔How many units per milliliter is the most commonly used concentration of heparin
flush solution for peripheral intermittent infusion devices - ✔✔10
✔✔The recommended time span for injecting flush solutions into peripheral intermittent
infusion devices is over how many seconds? - ✔✔60
✔✔It is important to maintain positive pressure on the syringe while simultaneously
injecting the last 0.2ml of flush solution and withdrawing the needle in order to prevent -
✔✔blood reflux into catheter lumen
✔✔What would occur if sterile water were used to flush an intermittent infusion device?
- ✔✔Hemolysis
✔✔Alternate terms used in reference to an intermittent infusion device include? -
✔✔Locked cannula, heparin lock, and saline lock
✔✔Intermittent infusion devices are used to provide which of the following intravenous-
related procedures? - ✔✔Intermittent delivery of IV push drugs and intermittent IV
piggyback infusions
✔✔What essential component is required when documenting patency maintenance of
intermittent infusion devices using NS flushing? - ✔✔Volume and time span for flushing.
✔✔Needle protective systems are designed to - ✔✔reduce the risk of needle stick
injuries
✔✔Which of the following is the most vital nursing consideration when using a non-
electronic rate minder? - ✔✔Its use does not negate the need for a nurse to monitor the
infusion rate
, ✔✔Which of the following statements correctly reflects the use of a microbore extension
tubing set? - ✔✔Often used as an adjuvant to a PICC line
✔✔What is the setting in which elastomeric infusion devices are predominantly used? -
✔✔home care settings
✔✔The purpose of an IV site protector is to prevent? - ✔✔dis-lodgement of the cannula
✔✔What are the complications associated with IV therapy? - ✔✔Phlebitis, infiltration,
and extravasation
✔✔What IV therapy complication has been reported to have 40-50% mortality - ✔✔Air
embolism
✔✔Discoloration and formation of a hard painful lump adjacent to the venipuncture site
are the two signs and symptoms of what condition? - ✔✔Hematoma
✔✔What are the two characteristics of a throbophlebitis? - ✔✔Inflammation and
thrombosis
✔✔Engorged neck veins, hypertension, severe dyspnea, and moist rales are indicators
of what? - ✔✔Circulatory overload
✔✔Fever, chills, general malaise, headache, nausea, and vomiting, vascular collapse,
and shock are signs and symptoms of what condition? - ✔✔speticemia
✔✔Pleuritic pain or discomfort, tachycardia, dyspnea, hemoptysis (coughing up blood),
and cyanosis are signs and symptoms of what conditions? - ✔✔Pulmonary embolism
✔✔What are the symptoms of infiltration - ✔✔swelling, coolness, and altered flow rate
✔✔Sterile/chemical, mechanical, and septic are sub-classifications of what local
complication? - ✔✔Phlebitis
✔✔Weeping of tissue may or may not develop in a patient who has which of the
following complications? - ✔✔Cellulitis
✔✔If a patient has a catheter embolism, what is the symptom? - ✔✔There may not be a
symptom (asymptomatic)
✔✔What is essential for accurate documentation of an IV therapy-monitoring process? -
✔✔Pertinent information regarding observations and actions taken
