Multiple Choice
The patient is to receive 1 unit of packed RBCs.The nurse obtains the blood from the blood bank and returns to the unit to find that the patient has been taken to radiology for a CT scan and is expected to return in about an hour.What should the nurse do?
A) Go to radiology and administer the blood.
B) Keep the blood refrigerated until the patient returns.
C) Return the blood to the blood bank.
D) Hang the blood in the patient's room and start it when the patient returns.
Correct Answer:
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