{"id":3535,"date":"2015-06-15T18:09:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T18:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/clinicalskills\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=3535"},"modified":"2019-06-05T21:47:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T21:47:05","slug":"8-1-introduction","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/clinicalskills\/chapter\/8-1-introduction\/","title":{"raw":"8.1 Introduction","rendered":"8.1 Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"The use of intravenous (IV) therapy is common in the health care setting. IV therapy is a treatment that infuses fluids, nutrients, blood, blood products, or medication directly into a vein. It is a fast, efficient way to infuse fluids and medications into the body.\r\n\r\nThis chapter will review how to care for a patient with peripheral intravenous therapy and central venous catheters. It will cover how to prepare IV infusions, and how to assess, maintain, and prevent complications related to intravenous therapy.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Learning Objectives<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Define patient conditions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Discuss how to prevent infections related to IV therapy, general guidelines, and\u00a0complications associated with IV therapy<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Compare the benefits and complications related to a peripheral IV for administering IV therapy<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Identify common types of central venous catheters and\u00a0the benefits and complications associated with them<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Demonstrate how to flush a saline lock, start a continuous IV infusion, discontinue a continuous infusion, and discontinue a peripheral IV<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Describe how to change IV solution and IV tubing, and how to calculate IV rates<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Discuss indications for blood and blood product transfusions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Describe how to prepare, administer, and monitor blood and blood products and manage transfusion reactions according to Canadian standards<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Define total parenteral nutrition (TPN), explain how to care for a patient receiving TPN, and identify potential complications<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain how to administer TPN<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>The use of intravenous (IV) therapy is common in the health care setting. IV therapy is a treatment that infuses fluids, nutrients, blood, blood products, or medication directly into a vein. It is a fast, efficient way to infuse fluids and medications into the body.<\/p>\n<p>This chapter will review how to care for a patient with peripheral intravenous therapy and central venous catheters. 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