The perfect resource for any setting where infusion therapy skills are required! Its popular, self-paced approach makes it ideal for classroom and clinical settings as it progresses from the basics to advanced techniques while incorporating theory into clinical application.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Contributors
• About the Author
• Reviewers
• Acknowledgments
• An Overview of Professional Practice Issues and Infusion Therapy
• Introduction
• Delivery of Quality Care
• Nursing Process Related to Infusion Therapy
• Quality Improvement
• Risk Management
• Legal and Ethical Issues
• Chapter Highlights
• Infection Prevention and Occupational Risks
• Introduction
• Immune System Function
• Basic Principles of Epidemiology
• Health-Care–Associated Infections
• Strategies for Preventing Infection
• Occupational Hazards
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Fundamentals of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
• Introduction
• Body Fluid Composition
• Fluid Distribution
• Fluid Function
• Fluid and Electrolyte Homeostatic Mechanisms
• Physical Assessment of Fluid and Electrolyte Needs
• Disorders of Fluid Balance
• Basic Principles of Electrolyte Balance
• Acid-Base Balance
• Major Acid-Base Imbalances
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Parenteral Solutions
• Introduction
• Foundations of Parenteral Solution Administration
• Osmotic Activity and Parenteral Solutions
• Crystalloid Solutions
• Colloidal Solutions
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Infusion Equipment
• Introduction
• Solution Containers
• Administration Sets
• Add-On Devices
• Catheter Stabilization Devices
• Site Protection and Joint Stabilization Devices
• Peripheral I.V. Catheters
• Central Vascular Access Devices (CVAD)
• Flow-Control Devices
• Product Selection and Evaluation, and Problem Reporting
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Peripheral I.V. Catheters: Initiation and Maintenance of Peripheral Infusion Therapy
• Introduction
• Anatomy and Physiology Related to I.V. Practice
• Approaches to Venipuncture: Phillips’ 16-Step Peripheral- Venipuncture Method
• Postinsertion Care and Management
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Phlebotomy Techniques
• Introduction
• Phlebotomy Methods and Supplies
• Blood Collection Procedures
• Complications
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Central Vascular Access
• Introduction
• Definition and Categories of CVADs
• Anatomy of the Vascular System
• Assessment and Device Selection
• Nontunneled Central Vascular Access Devices and Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters
• Long-Term Central Vascular Access Devices
• CVAD Care and Maintenance
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Complications of Infusion Therapy: Peripheral and Central Vascular Access Devices
• Introduction
• Local Complications
• Systemic Complications
• Central Vascular Access Device Complications
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Infusion Medication Safety, Methods, and Routes
• Introduction
• Safe Delivery of Infusion Therapy
• Principles of I.V. Medication Administration
• Drug Stability and Compatibility
• I.V. Medication Administration
• Other Infusion Medication Routes
• Infusion Medication Delivery
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Transfusion Therapy
• Introduction
• Basic Immunohematology
• Blood Donor Collection Methods
• Patient Blood Management
• Blood Component Therapy
• Alternatives to Blood Transfusions
• Administration of Blood Components
• Complications Associated With Blood Component Therapy
• Less Common Complications
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights
• Parenteral Nutrition
• Introduction
• Malnutrition
• Nutritional Requirements and PN Formulations: Adult
• Delivery of Nutritional Support
• Parenteral Nutrition Administration
• Complications Associated With Parenteral Nutrition
• Discontinuation of Nutritional Support
• Nursing Process
• Chapter Highlights