The nurse caring for a 92-year-old patient with pneumonia who is receiving IV carefully monitors the flow rate of the IV infusion because rapid infusion can cause:
a. hypotension.
b. thrombophlebitis.
c. pulmonary emboli.
d. heart failure.
ANS: D
Heart failure can result from rapid infusion of intravenous fluids in older adults.
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