First Exposure Question Set 1
Mr. Turn is a 45-year-old patient with a #20 gauge peripheral venous catheter in place for an
intermittent IV infusion.
What is the nursing care of a peripheral IV for intermittent use?
How does the nurse assess IV patency?
Mr. Turn has the following IV order:
Vancomycin, 1500 mg, IV, q8hr. Mr. Turn is currently receiving an intermittent IV infusion of Vancomycin through his peripheral IV line. He will need to receive the medication for another 2 weeks.
How often should the nurse assess and monitor an active IV infusion?
Upon assessment of his PIV site, Mr. Turn complains of extreme pain. There is edema with a red streak extending up the vein, and the nurse can palpate a venous cord 0.75 inches in length running up the arm along the vein.
What is the assessment of Mr. Turn’s PIV site?
How would his PVC site be graded on the phlebitis scale (in Taylor p.1591)?
What do you think caused Mr. Turn’s phlebitis?.
What would be your next nursing action(s) regarding Mr. Turn’s PVC?