Nursing · Central Line Management
A nurse is caring for a patient with a central venous catheter and notices that a lumen port has not been used or flushed in the last 24 hours. What is the most appropriate nursing action to maintain patency?
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- 1Remove the central line completely and schedule a new insertion
- 2Change the sterile dressing on the line immediately
- 3Document the finding and wait until the weekly dressing change
- 4Flush the line with the institutionally prescribed normal saline or heparin solution immediately✓
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Flush the line with the institutionally prescribed normal saline or heparin solution immediately
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