The client with an implanted port has completed the chemotherapy medications and is ready for discharge. Which intervention should the nurse take to prepare the client for discharge?
1. Teach the client how to manage the port at home.
2. Insert a sterile, noncoring needle into the port.
3. Flush the port with saline followed by heparin.
4. Scrub the port access with povidone-iodine (Betadine).
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