The role of the nurse who is caring for a patient with invasive hemodynamic monitoring includes which important interventions?

Question

1. Keeping IV solutions at atmospheric pressure so the monitor obtains accurate patient pressures
2. Frequent reassessment and evaluation of data in order to tailor therapies to the patient
3. Using the hemodynamic line for monitoring pressures and not for infusing IV fluids
4. Zero referencing the transducer to the level of the radial artery

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Rationale 1: IV solutions are kept at 300 mmHg.
Rationale 2: An important nursing intervention is the frequent reassessment and evaluation of data in order to tailor therapies to the patient. Fluids and medications are often changed when the nurse reports changes in hemodynamic data to the health care provider.
Rationale 3: Fluids are infused constantly through the system to prevent clotting of the line.
Rationale 4: The hemodynamic transducer is zeroed using the phlebostatic axis as a reference.