Final answer:
It is generally false that a nurse aide may start IV lines as this task is typically reserved for licensed healthcare providers. Aides may assist by preparing solutions and performing dilution calculations.
Step-by-step explanation:
The nurse aide may start IV's (intravenous lines) is false. In general, starting IV lines is a task reserved for the licensed healthcare provider, such as a nurse or a physician. A nurse aide may be involved in preparatory or supportive tasks but initiating an IV is not typically within their scope of practice. This may include tasks such as making the proper solution from an IV bag of sterile solution and a more concentrated, a stock solution, like KCl. On occasion, an aide might use a syringe to add a stock solution into an IV bag to achieve the desired concentration, performing what's called a dilution calculation.
Instead, the nurse aide is expected to perform dilution calculations to prepare the proper solution from an IV bag of sterile solution and a more concentrated stock solution of KCl (potassium chloride). The aide uses a syringe to draw up the stock solution and injects it into the waiting IV bag, diluting it to the appropriate concentration.