IV therapy and fluids

Peripheral IV lines, their care and complications, IV solutions, transfusion and fluid balance.

7 pages

Procedure

• Blood transfusion: bedside checks, monitoring and reactionsTwo clinicians check the patient and the unit at the bedside, baseline vitals are taken, and the…
• Caring for a peripheral IV line: flushing, dressing and when to remove itA peripheral IV is checked at every contact, flushed without force, kept covered and removed as…
• Central venous catheter careA central line is handled with strict aseptic technique: an intact dressing, a disinfected…
• Inserting a peripheral IV catheterYou choose an arm vein, clean the skin, insert the catheter with aseptic technique, secure it…

Calculation

• Fluid balance: recording intake and outputFluid balance is what goes in minus what comes out over a period; with daily weights, it shows…

Assessment

• IV complications: phlebitis, infiltration and extravasationPhlebitis is an inflamed vein; infiltration is fluid outside the vein; extravasation is the same…

Fundamental

• IV solutions from the nursing sideIsotonic solutions stay in the vessels, hypotonic ones move into cells, and hypertonic ones draw…

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Educational content for students; it does not replace your institution's protocols, supervised clinical training or a prescriber's order. Dose-calculation examples use made-up numbers: they are educational, not a clinical order.

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