Plumer's Principles and Practice of Intravenous TherapyLippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007 - 753 pages Now in its Eighth Edition, this text offers clear and practical guidance for providing quality infusion care to patients in every setting. The book provides reliable, up-to-date information on state-of-the-art procedures, techniques, and equipment and current Infusion Nurses Society standards of practice. Major sections cover assessment and monitoring, principles of equipment selection and clinical applications, patient-specific therapies, and special applications. Procedures are described in step-by-step detail, with emphasis on patient and health care worker safety. Coverage includes patient education and home care management guidelines. Each chapter ends with review questions. A bound-in CD-ROM contains over 100 monographs on intravenous drugs. |
Contents
History of Infusion Therapy | 3 |
Table | 4 |
Table | 11 |
Table 31 Reassessing the Role of | 36 |
Minimizing Risk and Improving | 53 |
Table 51 Determining the Appropriate | 59 |
16 | 63 |
Table 61 Standards for Diagnostic | 65 |
Table 144 Potential Complications | 316 |
Infusion Equipment and Safety | 331 |
Table 151 Choosing the Site of | 333 |
Table 152 Malfunctions Occurring | 343 |
Table 161 Physical Assessment | 369 |
Table 199 Emergency Drugs | 549 |
Table 1912 Vesicant and Irritant | 556 |
Requirements 639 | 576 |
25 | 72 |
Table 64 Recommended Laboratory | 86 |
Impact of Cost Containment | 94 |
Table 94 Particle Size | 179 |
Table 111 Examples of Situations | 215 |
Table 113 Peripheral Venous Access | 222 |
Table 114 Type I Reactions | 233 |
Superficial Veins | 246 |
Table 122 Comparing Approaches | 252 |
Table 131 | 264 |
Table | 266 |
124 | 277 |
Table 141 | 291 |
Table 142 Central Venous Access Device | 298 |
Table 143 Central Venous Catheter CVC | 310 |
552 | 582 |
Table 202 Curriculum for Nurse | 599 |
Preservation | 613 |
Table 211 Body Surface Area Fluid | 615 |
Table 213 Local Numbing Methods | 624 |
Table 215 Antineoplastic Agents Used | 636 |
Table | 656 |
Disadvantages of the Intravenous | 686 |
Table 223 Occlusion Assessment | 696 |
Table 231 Home Infusion | 702 |
Table 233 Comparison of JCAHO | 709 |
The Future of Infusion Nursing | 723 |
Table 241 Terminology Associated | 725 |
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