medium · NCLEX-RN Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
A nurse identifies erythema and a palpable venous cord along the path of a peripheral IV site.
Which interpretation of this cue cluster is most accurate?
- A vesicant solution has extravasated into the tissue.
- The client is experiencing phlebitis of the vein.
- The IV catheter has infiltrated into the subcutaneous tissue.
- The client has developed an acute systemic infection.
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