A nurse has been caring for a client with an IV and the shift is about to end. The IV bag is scheduled to run out 1.5 hours into the next nurse's shift. The offgoing nurse should do which of the following prior to the end of her shift?
a. hang a new IV bag
b. tell the nurse a new bag will be needed
c. ask client to call nurse for empty IV
d. have a replacement bag ready
D
When a client's IV bag will run out within the first two hours of the oncoming shift, the offgoing nurse should have a replacement bag available for the next nurse to hang.
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