Question # 27

A patient with an implanted port reports pain and swelling in the chest wall near the port pocket after the port was accessed. What complication should the nurse consider?

Options:

A.

Normal post-access tenderness

B.

Possible extravasation or port-pocket infection

C.

Expected residual effects of local anesthetic

D.

Catheter tip migration into the jugular vein only

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