A nurse is starting a day shift in the intensive care unit. The client has a maintenance infusion, as well as 5 IV piggyback medications. How should the nurse verify that the correct medications are infusing appropriately with this client?

The nursing student is preparing to prime a secondary IV infusion in order to administer the infusion to a client. The student’s preceptor notes that the student correctly sets up the infusion when the student performs which of the following ordered steps?

The nurse enters a client’s room at the beginning of the shift and finds two secondary IV tubing sets hanging, each with a different, empty IV medication bag attached. Neither tubing set is labeled with a date. Which of the following actions is most appropriate for the nurse to take?

The nurse receives an order to initiate patient-controlled analgesia for a client with acute post-surgical pain. The nurse prepares to do all of the following except which?

The nurse has verified the order, gathered supplies, and primed the tubing for IV cefepime due at 1000. After following the 6 rights of medication administration, the nurse attaches the tubing and scans it into the computer to start the infusion. The nurse returns at 1030 to discover that the secondary bag is still full of medication, and the pump was never started. What action should the nurse take next?

The student nurse observes which supplies the nurse gathers to set up a secondary infusion. The supplies include a plastic extension arm with a hook on both ends. The student nurse correctly states which of the following as the correct purpose for this?

The nurse is caring for a client with an order to administer IV insulin and heparin. Which of the following actions is the best way to prevent a medication error with these high-alert medications?

A nurse is giving an IV antibiotic to a client that will be administered every eight hours via IV piggyback while maintenance fluid is running on an IV smart pump. Which step would the nurse perform after the piggyback infusion is completed?

The nurse is caring for a client with acute hypotension. The nurse receives an order to initiate IV norepinephrine titrated to keep systolic blood pressure >90. The client has maintenance fluid running and an initial blood pressure of 78/55. The nurse sets up the secondary infusion of IV norepinephrine by following the 6 rights of medication administration. The nurse spikes the bag, primes the tubing, programs the pump at an initial dose of norepinephrine 8 mcg/min, scans the client and the pump, and starts the infusion. 15 minutes later the client’s blood pressure drops to 65/38. Which of the following is a potential reason for this?

The nurse is hanging an antibiotic as a secondary line. The IV pump has hard and soft dose limits. Which of the following correctly describes this?