After asking your partner to check the patient's IV line, she reports to you it is not flowing. She lowers the IV bag below the insertion site, and notes blood flow into the IV tubing. This indicates:
A) extravasation.
B) a collapsed vein.
C) a patent IV line.
D) a clogged catheter.
Answer: C
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