The Nurse Assembles Equipment Needed to Begin Caring for a Patient

question 21

Multiple Choice

The nurse assembles equipment needed to begin caring for a patient with a gastrointestinal bleed who is hemodynamically unstable. What size of intravenous catheter should the nurse choose?

• A) 22-gauge 2-inch angiocatheter
• B) 18-gauge 1-inch angiocatheter
• C) 22-gauge butterfly
• D) 20-gauge 2-inch angiocatheter

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