NCLEX Style Study Question

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Correct answer now posted by Tanya


A client with chronic lymphocytic leukemia has a central venous access device. She has a tunneled central catheter called a Hickman. The nurse knows that this catheter is inserted surgically and threaded to the subclavian, and then is advanced into the superior vena cava just above the junction with the

  1. left atrium
  2. right atrium
  3. left ventricle
  4. right ventricle

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