A nurse is mentoring a new nurse who is learning to start IVs.The nurse tells the new nurse that in case the patient needs subsequent venipuncture sites,the best place to initially start an IV is the:
A) antecubital vein of the patient's nondominant arm.
B) most appropriate distal vein on the nondominant arm.
C) most appropriate proximal vein available on either arm.
D) antecubital vein of the patient's dominant arm.
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