The nurse will be starting a new intravenous infusion and needs to sel

The nurse will be starting a new intravenous infusion and needs to select the site for the insertion. In selection of a site, the nurse should:

1. Start with the most proximal site
2. Look for hard, cordlike veins
3. Use the dominant arm
4. Avoid sites on the extremity away from a dialysis graft

ANSWER

ANS: 4
The nurse should avoid veins in an extremity with compromised circulation, such as a dialysis graft. The nurse should use the most distal site in the nondominant arm, if possible, and should avoid hardened cordlike veins.