The Nurse Caring for a Client with an Intravenous Infusion

question 21

Multiple Choice

The nurse caring for a client with an intravenous infusion is looking up their institutions policy on changing IV equipment used in a venipuncture. When is most IV tubing changed?

• A) Every 12 hours
• B) Every 24 hours
• C) Every 48 hours
• D) Every 72 hours

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