Taylor's Video Guide to Clinical Nursing Skills 2nd edition & PLAN Basic Nursing Skills

(Cypress, CA: Medcom, 2016), 26 mins
Over 90% of hospital patients receive intravenous therapy, including medication, nutrition, electrolytes, and blood. These life-giving fluids are administered through an I.V. and can mean the difference between life and death for a patient. Updated with a new look and feel, and the latest venipuncture practices, this program describes the basics of intravenous therapy and demonstrates the correct technique for performing a venipuncture to initiate intravenous therapy. OBJECTIVES: After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

Describe the uses of IV therapy
Identify appropriate sites for venipuncture
Identify equipment used to provide IV therapy
Perform a venipuncture

(Cypress, CA: Medcom, 2016), 23 mins
OVERVIEW: After intravenous therapy has been started, the patient, the venipuncture site, and the I.V. system itself require regular monitoring and care. This care is necessary for the prevention or early detection of complications associated with I.V. therapy.

Updated with a new look and feel, and the latest venipuncture practices, this program will demonstrate procedures for the routine care and the discontinuation of intravenous therapy.

OBJECTIVES: After completing this course, the learner should be able to: List items to note during a routine IV assessment. Describe changing a peripheral catheter dressing. Change an infusion container. Change an administration set. Describe the process and considerations for administering medications through an IV. Change the dressing on a central venous catheter. Describe the process for discontinuing a peripheral IV site.

(Cypress, CA: Medcom, 2016), 18 mins
OVERVIEW: During intravenous therapy, some patients can experience complications -- either local, at the I.V. site, or systemic. Updated with a new look and feel, and the latest venipuncture practices, this program will focus on the identification of complications, their causes, and appropriate nursing interventions to take to support the patient and restore safe and effective therapy.

OBJECTIVES: After completing this course, the learner should be able to identify and address the following local and systemic complications of IV therapy: phlebitis, infiltration, extravasation, occlusions, vein irritation/pain at the venipuncture site, a severed catheter, hematoma, venous spasm, thrombosis/thrombophlebitis, nerve, tendon or ligament damage, circulatory overload, septicemia, air embolism, allergic reaction.