The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Receiving Antineoplastic Medications

question 26

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient receiving antineoplastic medications intravenously.The nurse discovers that the intravenous site is red,edematous,and painful.The nurse knows that antineoplastic medications are vesicant medications and documents that the patient has experienced which of the following events?

• A)Occlusion
• B)Extravasation
• C)Phlebitis
• D)Thrombophlebitis

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