A prudent medical-surgical nurse frequently monitors the I.V. sites of his older adult clients because:

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Age-related neurologic changes can reduce tactile sensation, making it necessary to frequently monitor I.V. sites in older adult clients as they may not notice discomfort or infiltration until it becomes severe. It is not necessarily true that older adult clients always pull at their I.V. lines, or that their veins always rupture causing infiltration. While older adult clients may need to be mobile, this does not necessarily place I.V. patency at risk.

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