1.8 Learning Activities
Exercises
(Answers to the exercises are located in the Answer Key at the back of the book).
Case Study #1
Eli, age 4, arrives at Urgent Care with his grandmother; he is staying with his grandparents while his parents are on vacation. Eli was playing in the woods behind his grandparents’ home today while his grandpa was clearing brush and returned to the house with a raised, red rash on the left side of his face and arms and hands bilaterally. “I am really itchy,” Eli says, “And my face and arms really hurt.” His grandmother states that they have seen poison ivy in the woods in the past, and Eli’s grandpa didn’t warn him before they went out today. You notice as you observe Eli that he is itching his arms, and his left eye appears swollen.
The MD gives you the following orders:
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- Start a peripheral IV STAT
- Administer diphenhydramine 25 mg IV now and q8h prn for rash
1. What should you consider when initiating an IV for Eli?
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