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What is the best technique for the nurse to use to ensure that an air embolus does not develop when changing the administration set on a central venous catheter?
A.   Place the client in a flat, right side–lying position during the procedure.
B.   Have the client in a semisitting position to ensure that the catheter exit site is above the level of the heart.
C.   Have the client hold his or her breath and bear down while the old set is disconnected and the new set is connected.
D.   Cap off the old set and remove it, attach a 10-mL syringe with sterile normal saline to the connector, then rapidly attach the new primed set to the catheter connection.
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Thank you for this, it helped me understand it perfectly.
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Hey, no worries.
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