Professional Practice Skills

This video describes the primary purposes and benefits of IV therapy, including medication administration, fluid and electrolyte balance, and blood product transfusion.

Includes a playlist of 12 short video segments covering an overview of steps and procedures to follow to prepare a patient and how to perform venipuncture. Source: Medcom, 2016

This covers how to calculate and regulate an intravenous infusion.

This program shows how to change intravenous tubing and fluids.

This program demonstrates procedures for the routine care and the discontinuation of intravenous therapy. It explains what to look for during a routine IV assessment and shows how to change a peripheral catheter dressing, an infusion container, and an administration set. It also illustrates the process for administering medications through an IV, changing the dressing on a central venous catheter, and discontinuing a peripheral IV site.

This program discusses discontinuation of intravenous therapy.

This program demonstrates how to troubleshoot intravenous infusions

This program examines potential complications, their causes, and appropriate nursing interventions, discussing 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; and allergic reaction.

This program examines specific IV therapy considerations for infants through school-age children, explaining the unique hydration needs of pediatric patients and identifying age-appropriate venipuncture sites for pediatric patients. It demonstrates venipuncture on a pediatric patient, shows techniques for protecting pediatric IV sites, and describes routine IV care and complications to be aware.