A nurse is caring for a postsurgical patient who has small tortuous
veins and had a difficult IV insertion. The patient is now receiving
IV medications on a regular basis. What is the best nursing
intervention to minimize the adverse effects of this drug therapy?
Response Because the patient has small tortuous veins
Feedback: and had a difficult IV insertion, the patient is at
high risk for infiltration of the IV site.
Recording baseline vital signs or blood sugar
level is an important nursing action, but not
specific to IV administration of any drug. The
patient is not known to take anticoagulants; so
unless indicated, the nurse is not required to
monitor the patient's bleeding time.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been prescribed 1 mg lorazepam (Ativan) sublingual
prior to the scheduled insertion of a peripherally inserted central
(PIC) line. How should the nurse direct the patient when
administering this medication?
, Response Sublingual tablets are placed under the tongue
Feedback: where they dissolve and are absorbed into the
bloodstream. Swallowing the pill may render it
less effective, but is not unsafe. It is not
recommended to chew and hold sublingual
medications nor to hold them in the mouth for
length of time.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A nurse is caring for a patient who has recently moved from
Vermont to south Florida. The patient has been on the same
antihypertensive drug for 6 years and has had stable blood
pressures and no adverse effects. Since her move, however, she
reports “dizzy spells and weakness” and feels that the drug is no
longer effective. The nurse suspects that the change in the
effectiveness of the drug is related to
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