INITIATE AN INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
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9.
Removes the 18-gauge catheter/needle unit from its
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______
packaging and discard the packaging.
10.
Holds the catheter/needle unit in the dominant hand while
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______
stabilizing the saline lock adapter with the thumb and
forefinger of the non-dominant hand.
Inserts the catheter/needle through the Tegaderm dressing ______
11.
______
and saline lock adapter until it rests at the hub of the
catheter.
12.
Applies pressure with the finger or thumb of the non-
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______
dominant hand over the vein just beyond the catheter tip.
13.
Retracts the needle from the catheter/needle unit and
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______
discards the needle.
14.
Grasps the end of the IV tubing with the dominant hand and
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______
removes the adapter from the IV tubing.
15.
Stabilizes the hub of the catheter that is outside the
______
______
Tegaderm dressing with the thumb and forefinger of the
non-dominant hand.
16.
Insert the end of the tubing into the hub of the catheter
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______
using the dominant hand.
17.
Loosens the clamp on the IV tubing to allow the IV solution
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______
to flow.
18.
Adjusts the clamp so the IV tubing is constricted about half
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______
way.
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