MATCHING The Nurse Has Initiated a Blood Transfusion on a Preschool

question 22

Multiple Choice

MATCHING
The nurse has initiated a blood transfusion on a preschool child. The child begins to exhibit signs of a transfusion reaction. Place in order the interventions the nurse should implement, sequencing from the highest priority to the lowest.

-Second priority

• A)Take the vital signs
• B)Stop the transfusion
• C)Notify the practitioner
• D)Maintain a patent intravenous (IV) line with normal saline

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