prenurse101

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1. Why not give IVPB alone?

   prenurse101 replied to prenurse101's topic in Medications

   Well my friends are in level 2 nursing and are administering meds. they were talking about a patient having an ivpb and dextrose/nacl solution administered together. From what one said, all patient with an iv started are given fluids through iv and w...

2. Why not give IVPB alone?

   prenurse101 posted a topic in Medications

   I'm in pre-nursing so please forgive me if I sound straight stupid. Why can't medications be given as ivpb alone instead of being mixed with fluid? I was reading ahead about drug administration. Is there a reason why patients have to have fluids and ...