The nurse in the outpatient care clinic cares for a client diagnosed with heart failure. Which of the following orders, if written by the physician, should the nurse question?

A “Administer 0.9% NS solution IV at a rate of 125mL/hr.”

explanation

The rate listed is too high for a heart failure patient, who cannot handle so much fluid on their cardiac system.

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