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Your patient is being prepared for discharge from the hospital. The nurse comes in
and discontinues the IV site. Five minutes later, as you continue to pack their
belongings, you notice that the IV site is still bleeding. What should you do next?

Answer 1

If after some minutes you notice that the IV site is still bleeding, you should continue to apply pressure to the site.

What is clinical discharge?

Clinical discharge is the time that the stay of an a patient on admission is being officially discontinued from the hospital.

While a patient is on admission, certain drugs are being prescribed by the physician which is given by the intravenous route.

During discharge process, the intravenous cannula is being disconnected which should be closely monitored by the nurse incase of bleeding.

On an event of bleeding, the nurse should apply pressure to the site to minimise and stop the bleeding.

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