The nurse is preparing to hang a dopamine drip on the client who has just been successfully coded. The client is receiving lidocaine 2 mg/min in the existing IV site. Which intervention should the nurse implement when hanging the dopamine drip?
1. Initiate another intravenous line to administer the dopamine drip.
2. Piggyback the dopamine drip in the lidocaine tubing.
3. Question the order because dopamine cannot be administered with lidocaine.
4. Prepare to help the HCP insert a subclavian line for the dopamine drip.
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