Medical-Surgical Nursing 8th Edition by Donna Ignatavicius , Linda Workman

Exercise 3

A new graduate nurse is being oriented to your medical-surgical nursing unit. Today he is assigned to care for three patients. One patient is an older adult with an infiltrated peripheral IV in her forearm. The second patient has a PICC line for antibiotic therapy, and the third patient has an arterial implanted port for chemotherapy. As his preceptor, you are responsible for teaching him how to assess patients with these devices and prevent and/or monitor for complications. Your unit has several memory checklists for IV care that you plan to review with him.
You observe the new nurse as he prepares to restart the IV for the older adult patient. He chooses a vein in the dorsum of the hand. What is your best response about his IV site selection?