The nurse is planning the client's care for the 12 hour shift and notices that the peripheral IV in the client's left hand has been in place for 36 hours. The nursing intervention in the plan of care is:
a. change the IV site since it has been in > 24 hours
b. monitor the IV site
c. ask another RN what the policy is for IV site changes
d. change the IV site at the end of her shift since IV will have been in for 48 hours
B
Peripherally inserted IV catheters are changed every 96 hours as long as there are no signs of infiltration or phlebitis.
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