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A Patient with Multiple Intravenous Lines Has Blood Infusing in the Right

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A patient with multiple intravenous lines has blood infusing in the right antecubital space,parenteral nutrition infusing through a right subclavian line,and normal saline with potassium infusing in the left forearm.An intravenous medication is ordered stat.The nurse will use the line in the ____________ to administer the medication.


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Catatonic Stupor

A symptom associated with schizophrenia in which a person becomes almost totally unresponsive to the environment, remaining motionless and silent for long stretches of time.

Silent

The state or quality of being quiet or without any sound.

Motionless

The state of not moving or being completely still.

Alogia

A decrease in speech or speech content; a symptom of schizophrenia. Also known as poverty of speech.

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