A nurse who was recently certified in chemotherapy administration fails to check compatibility of phenytoin (Dilantin) before injecting into a continuous infusion of D5W leading to occlusion of the line
Which statement by the nurse demonstrates a red herring?
a. The nurse is upset and states, "I am sure I have injected this before without a problem" and the supervisor interprets this to mean the nurse often take short cuts.
b. The nurse states, "You are just upset because I am certified in chemotherapy administration and you are not."
c. "The nurse who started the IV didn't get a blood return but determined the IV was the patient's—that is the problem."
d. "This drug always occludes the line because it is so viscous."
ANS: B
Correct: The nurse diverts attention away from the issue of not checking compatibility to introduce an irrelevant topic of chemotherapy administration certification which is not related to this situation.
Incorrect:
a. This represents a straw man, where the person's position on a topic is misread.
c. This represents confusing cause and effect: the cause was incompatibility not patency of the line.
d. This presents a slippery slope argument—based on the belief that one event will inevitably follow another without any just support for that belief.
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