Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills Questions And Answers - Grade A+

What are the advantages of using an IV pump to backprime secondary tubing? Select all that apply. It ensures the medication will infuse without any complications. It allows for easy priming when re-using a secondary tubing set. It ensures medication is not lost during priming of the tubing. It eliminates reliance on gravity to determine which bag flows. It keeps the system closed therefore less chance of contamination. {Ans: It allows for easy priming when re-using a secondary tubing set., It keeps the system closed therefore less chance of contamination., It ensures medication is not lost during priming of the tubing., It eliminates reliance on gravity to determine which bag flows. Rationale: The advantages of using an IV pump to backprime secondary tubing include: helping to ensure that medication is not lost or accidentally wasted during the priming process; it is a closed system, so it decreases the risk of contamination during the process; it allows for easy priming when re-using secondary tubing; and it eliminates the reliance on gravity to determine which bag will flow. It does not ensure the medication will infuse without complications as the tubing could still get kinked or there could be a problem