N322 IV Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update 2025-2026
What is venous access used for? - Answers To maintain F&E balance
Medication administration
Blood or blood products
Parenteral nutrition
IV access is a _________ technique. - Answers sterile
What must be cleaned every time it is used? - Answers All ports
What are possible immediate, irreversible effects of IV therapy? - Answers Fluid overload
Medication errors
Primary / Secondary - Answers Primary tubing is the main tubing where fluids are infused.
Secondary are shorter and used for IV meds.
Secondary are connected into the primary
Intermittent / Continuous - Answers
Piggyback (IVPB) - Answers
IV bolus: large volume/short time - Answers
IV push: small volume/short time - Answers
Saline lock - Answers
Tubing - Answers
Spike - Answers Used to puncture the bag; must be kept sterile.
Drip chamber - Answers Should be filled 1/3 to 1/2 to prime.
Roller clamp - Answers Used to close of the line for a short period of time and to
control/regulate speed.
Must be clamped when setting up IV therapy.
Injection port - Answers Needleless to avoid sticking and puncturing.
What are two ways that IV fluids/meds can come? - Answers Glass bottle or plastic bag
Which needs to be vented? - Answers Glass bottle
, Why should you never write on the bag? - Answers Can be absorbed into the fluid.
What are Leur lock connections? - Answers Screw into place; will not become disconnected.
What happens if connections come apart? - Answers Contamination; loss of medication.
How many drops are on macro tubing? - Answers 10 gtts/ml
15 gtts/ml
20 gtts/m
How many drops are on micro tubing? - Answers 60 gtts/ml (for less than 100 ml/hr)
Explain the tubing used for blood. - Answers Y tubing with one port connected to the blood bag
and one connected to saline.
The saline will dilute the blood cells because they are large and may be painful to infuse.
What is a volutrol? - Answers Volume control tubing mostly used in pediatrics.
What would you use the gravity method of infusing fluids for? - Answers Fluid maintenance in
adults
Rapid fluid resuscitation
Intermittent meds
What would you use the pump method of infusing fluids for? - Answers Peds, neonates
Fluid volume sensitive/critical
Medication infusions
Electrolyte increments
KCl (10 mEq peripheral; 20 mEq central)
Anytime that control is critical
What would syringe pumps be used for? - Answers Small volumes
Intermittent administration of meds
IV push (over 5 mins)
Describe isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic fluids. - Answers Iso: same osmolality as body fluid
Hypo: lower osmolality than body fluid
What is venous access used for? - Answers To maintain F&E balance
Medication administration
Blood or blood products
Parenteral nutrition
IV access is a _________ technique. - Answers sterile
What must be cleaned every time it is used? - Answers All ports
What are possible immediate, irreversible effects of IV therapy? - Answers Fluid overload
Medication errors
Primary / Secondary - Answers Primary tubing is the main tubing where fluids are infused.
Secondary are shorter and used for IV meds.
Secondary are connected into the primary
Intermittent / Continuous - Answers
Piggyback (IVPB) - Answers
IV bolus: large volume/short time - Answers
IV push: small volume/short time - Answers
Saline lock - Answers
Tubing - Answers
Spike - Answers Used to puncture the bag; must be kept sterile.
Drip chamber - Answers Should be filled 1/3 to 1/2 to prime.
Roller clamp - Answers Used to close of the line for a short period of time and to
control/regulate speed.
Must be clamped when setting up IV therapy.
Injection port - Answers Needleless to avoid sticking and puncturing.
What are two ways that IV fluids/meds can come? - Answers Glass bottle or plastic bag
Which needs to be vented? - Answers Glass bottle
, Why should you never write on the bag? - Answers Can be absorbed into the fluid.
What are Leur lock connections? - Answers Screw into place; will not become disconnected.
What happens if connections come apart? - Answers Contamination; loss of medication.
How many drops are on macro tubing? - Answers 10 gtts/ml
15 gtts/ml
20 gtts/m
How many drops are on micro tubing? - Answers 60 gtts/ml (for less than 100 ml/hr)
Explain the tubing used for blood. - Answers Y tubing with one port connected to the blood bag
and one connected to saline.
The saline will dilute the blood cells because they are large and may be painful to infuse.
What is a volutrol? - Answers Volume control tubing mostly used in pediatrics.
What would you use the gravity method of infusing fluids for? - Answers Fluid maintenance in
adults
Rapid fluid resuscitation
Intermittent meds
What would you use the pump method of infusing fluids for? - Answers Peds, neonates
Fluid volume sensitive/critical
Medication infusions
Electrolyte increments
KCl (10 mEq peripheral; 20 mEq central)
Anytime that control is critical
What would syringe pumps be used for? - Answers Small volumes
Intermittent administration of meds
IV push (over 5 mins)
Describe isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic fluids. - Answers Iso: same osmolality as body fluid
Hypo: lower osmolality than body fluid
