iv

convenient veins
- Inner aspect of elbow
- Back of hand
- Ankle
- Forearm
- Foot
Six nursing responsibilities with iv therapy
- Five rights of med adm
- Assessment
- Site care
- Teaching
- Documentation
- D iscontinue
Five rights to medication administration
- Medication
- Pt
- Amount
- Route
- Time
Assessment of the IV
- no Warmth
- no Erythema (redness)
- no Leaking of blood or fld
  no Infiltrate (cold swelling)
- no Edema
- Dressing dated
Blood transfusions
- Packed red cells
- Plasma
- Platelets
- Albumin
- Clotting factors
- Gamma globulins
- Whole blood
when caring for a pt with IV

assess the site and infusion rate at least every hr
Assessment of the patient with IV
- Weights-daily
- Urine sp. gravity
- Turgor
- Lab values
- I&O
- Vital signs (breath sounds , pulse)

Author

Anonymous

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Card Set

Description

mneumonics

Updated

2012-03-31T02:50:42Z