NCLEX Practice Questions: Quiz 364 November 5, 2015 By Rana Waqar Leave a Comment The nurse is caring for a client that has two IV access sites. One is a 20 gauge antecubital peripheral IV that was started yesterday for blood and has normal saline (NS) at keep vein open rate. The other is a double lumen central line catheter with one port for Total Parental Nutrition and the other is used for blood samples. Where is the best site for the nurse to administer 20 mEq of potassium chloride (KCL) in 100 mL of normal saline (NS) over 4 hours? 1. Central line port that is being used for lab draws 2. Same line with the Total Parental Nutrition 3. Large bore antecubital 4. Start another peripheral IV Δ
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