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The nurse is administering an IV push medication to a patient who has a compatible IV fluid running through IV tubing. Place the following steps in the appropriate order.1. Release tubing and inject medication within amount of time recommended by agency policy, pharmacist, or medication reference manual. Use watch to time administration.2. Select injection port of IV tubing closest to patient. Whenever possible, injection port should accept a needleless syringe. Use IV filter if required by medication reference or agency policy.3. After injecting medication, release tubing, withdraw syringe, and recheck fluid infusion rate.4. Connect syringe to port of IV line. Insert needleless tip or small-gauge needle of syringe containing prepared drug through center of injection port.5. Clean injection port with antiseptic swab. Allow to dry.6. Occlude IV line by pinching tubing just above injection port. Pull back gently on syringe plunger to aspirate blood return.

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