Practical I.V. Therapy

This guide reviews continuous quality improvement, universal precautions and infection control, documentation, infusion devices, needleless systems, and the nurse's integral role in I.V. therapy. A special appendix helps nurses write plans of care. Contents include I.V. solutions, I.V. equipment, setting up an I.V. infusion, selecting an I.V. site, performing the procedure, complications, I.V. medications, blood transfusions, chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, pediatric I.V. therapy, appendices, selected references, and index.