The nurse is caring for a patient with leukemia and is preparing to provide fluids through a vascular access (IV) device. Which nursing intervention is a priority in this procedure?
A) Review the procedure with the patient.
B) Position the patient comfortably.
C) Maintain surgical aseptic technique.
D) Gather available supplies.

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You maintain surgical aseptic technique at the patient's bedside (e.g., when inserting IV or urinary catheters, suctioning the tracheobronchial airway, and sterile dressing changes) because patients with disease processes of the immune system are at particular risk for infection. These diseases include leukemia, AIDS, lymphoma, and aplastic anemia. These disease processes weaken the defenses against an infectious organism. Reviewing the procedure with the patient, positioning the patient, and gathering the supplies are all important steps in the procedure but are not the priority in the procedure since the patient already has a compromised immune response.

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