Skills

Definition - admin of a med or IV fluid over >5min

Sites - IV tubing, minibag, syringe pump

Definition - administration of meds over 10-60 seconds

Sites - an injection site adjacent to the needle/cathetar, or directly into a vein (i.e. as close as possible to the IV cathetar)

Definition - administration of a med or IV fluid over 1-5 minutes

Sites - an injection site adjacent to the needle/catheter, or directly into a vein (i.e. as close as possible to the IV catheter)

Definition - medication or IV fluid at a constant rate

• - usually prepared in pharmacy
• - may come w/ overfill to prime administration tubing
• - req an infusion pump programmed in mls/hr