A 5-year-old child needs to receive intravenous antibiotics but the child is anxious, resistant, and wiggly
Which restraint approach should the nurse use to keep the child safe during the time the infusion is occurring?
A) Restrain her with a mummy restraint and loosen and rewrap it every three hours
B) Restrain her on a papoose board and release her as soon as the IV is in place
C) Use a clove hitch restraint to keep her arm still and loosen it every two hours
D) Allow her caregiver to hold her during the time the IV is in place
Ans: C
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