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CHAMBERLAIN
The nurse manager has taught a new staff nurse about assessing and caring for an arteriovenous
graft. The staff nurse demonstrates understanding of appropriate care when performing which
action?
A) Feel for buzzing sensation.
B) Auscultate carotid pulses.
C) Palpate for a bruit.
D) Access graft for labs. - D) access graft for labs
The nurse should include which information in the discharge teaching plan for a patient who
underwent peritoneal dialysis catheter placement?
Select all that apply.
-Notify the provider if fluid appears cloudy.
-Review numerous dietary restrictions.
-Purulent drainage is expected at insertion site.
-Notify provider if any redness is noted.
-Pain at the insertion site may indicate infection. - -Notify the provider if fluid appears
cloudy.
-Notify provider if any redness is noted.
-Pain at the insertion site may indicate infection.
What is the priority teaching point when the nurse is discussing the treatment regimen with a
patient who has received a kidney transplant for end stage renal disease?
A) To take medications daily at the same time