While Preparing to Insert an Intravenous Access Device into the Arm

While preparing to insert an intravenous access device into the arm of a school-age child, the child's mother ask if the device can be placed in the left hand so the child can do homework with the right hand. What should the nurse respond to the mother?

A) "Let's take a look at the left hand first."
B) "It's a doctor's decision to decide the best site."
C) "It would be better for him to wait and be surprised."
D) "I doubt it; most children have better veins on the right."