Posted: June 16th, 2017

A nurse is monitoring the status of a client’s fat emulsion (lipid) infusion and notes that the infusion is 2 hours delay. The nurse should do which of the following actions?

A nurse is monitoring the status of a client’s fat emulsion (lipid) infusion and notes that the infusion is 2 hours delay. The nurse should do which of the following actions?

A. Adjust the infusion rate to catch up over the next hour.
B. Make sure the infusion rate is infusing at the ordered rate.
C. Increase the infusion rate to catch up over the next few hours.
D. Adjust the infusion rate to full blast until the solution is back on time.