NURS 589 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tourniquet, Blister Agent, Venipuncture
18 Sep 2018
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Kozier, b. , erb, g. berman, a. , snyder, a. , raffin bouchal, s. , hirst, s. yiu, l. stamler, l. , & Fundamentals of canadian nursing: concepts, process and practice. Please refer to the index of the edition of kozier that you own to find the relevant pages on intravenous therapy. Calgary health region policy: intravenous therapy peripheral access: Initiation/ monitoring/discontinuation. (copies available on the ahs website) Mynursinglab: real nursing skills videos: tissue perfusion management: venipuncture; discontinuation of a peripheral intravenous, review: drug management: administration of iv medications via intermittent infusion. Site chose(cid:374) depe(cid:374)ds o(cid:374) le(cid:374)gth of ti(cid:373)e the i(cid:374)fusio(cid:374) is to ru(cid:374), the clie(cid:374)t"s age, the type of solution used, condition of veins, physical and functional assessment. Adults: veins in hands and arm used (arm preferred over hand with vesicant solutions and infusions that need to be given rapidly and for solutions that are hypertonic, or highly acidic or alkaline) Infants: scalp and dorsal foot are often used.
