IV Therapy For Dummies

The fast and painless way to ace your IV therapy course

Are you an aspiring nurse, nurse practitioner, or physician's assistant struggling with IV therapy? Help is here! IV Therapy For Dummies gives you current, easy-to-follow guidance on everything you'll encounter in class, including delivery methods, flow rates, legal issues, professional standards, and documentation. So what are you waiting for?

• Tap into it -- get the scoop on the medical-legal aspects of IV therapy, including federal, state, and institutional standards of care, and find out how to avoid malpractice problems and keep yourself and your patients safe
• Find your type -- journey into the cellular world of fluid and electrolyte balance, get the 4-1-1 on the components and compatibilities of life-saving blood products, and look at the pros and cons of chemotherapy
• Get familiar with tools of the trade -- find out how to administer medications by IV push and piggyback and how to put the power of technology to work with infusion pumps, auto-syringe pumps, and patient-controlled anesthesia pumps
• Focus on administration -- get a rundown on how to assess patients, administer specialty IV substances, and manage adverse IV reactions

Open the book and find:

• Common types of IV therapy
• Main ways to administer IVs
• The role you play in IV therapy
• Legal standards of care
• Ways to implement risk- management strategies
• Blood component therapy basics
• The keys to diligent documentation
• Simplified methods for calculating common IV infusion rates and dosages
• Considerations for unique populations

Learn to:

• Make sense of delivery methods and flow rates
• Get a handle on legal issues and documentation
• Tailor therapies to patients' needs