Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc. - Peripheral IV Therapy in Infants

Infusion Therapy

Peripheral IV Therapy in Infants

Course Description
Intravenous infusion therapy is one of the most invasive procedures performed by nurses. Patient safety requires knowledge of vascular anatomy, physiology of blood flow, rapidly changing technology, infection control methods, and potential complications. In addition to the knowledge, you must have the skills to assess patients, perform venipuncture, choose appropriate equipment, and intervene quickly for complications. Increasing patient acuity, demanding nursing workloads, and the expanding complexity of intravenous therapy increase the risk. Your knowledge and skill can offset this risk. Peripheral IV Therapy in Infants online infusion education course will improve your knowledge and critical thinking skills. To complete the process you will need to work with a preceptor to practice performing all the procedures followed by a period of supervised clinical practice. The number of times a procedure must be repeated to demonstrate competency will be determined by your employer.
Learning Objectives
Module 1: Assess patient and medical history for pertinent information. • Evaluate the medical record, patient history, and clinical factors that impact care of the infant receiving infusion therapy. • Examine patient's upper extremity for veins suitable for catheter insertion. • Name the upper extremity veins that are used for infusion therapy. Module 2: Plan nursing care for infants patients receiving peripheral intravenous therapy. • Select the appropriate devices for venipuncture based on your assessment. • Select the appropriate method for infusion based on your assessment. • Choose personal protective equipment for standard precautions. • Formulate family education plans. Module 3: Implement nursing the care plan. • Apply all infection control measures. • Express the correct procedure for placement of a peripheral I.V. catheter. • Assess infant safety after completion of the I.V. procedures. • Document the nursing actions. Module 4: Evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing care rendered. • Identify three techniques for observing the venipuncture site. • Identify three potential alterations in the infusion system that could change the prescribed therapy. • Categorize the nursing interventions that prevent common complications of peripheral infusion.
Course Instructor
Janet Pettit MSN, RNC, NP Janet’s background includes over 30 years of neonatal intensive care experience as a clinical nurse, manager, outreach educator, clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner. She is currently employed in the 45-bed NICU at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto as a neonatal nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist. An interest in vascular access devices has led to multiple publications, clinical research, and national and international speaking engagements. Her unique expertise makes her a sought after consultant to the vascular access device industry. Through work with multiple NICUs across the US and Canada, Janet has gathered a vast knowledge of care practices for infants with vascular access devices, particularly PICCs. She is coauthor of the PICC Guidelines produced by the National Association of Neonatal Nurses and serves as a reviewer for the Infusion Nurses Society Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice. Janet has served professional organizations in a variety of roles including serving on the Board of Directors for NANN and the Association for Vascular Access.
Contact Hours	Cost
After successful completion of this course you will recieve 4.0 contact hours.	$80.00

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General Information:

• Place your Peripheral IV Therapy in Infants online infusion education order in our online store.
• Orders are received in our office and processed between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
• After processing, you will receive an email with instructions about how to access the course. This information will contain an activation code, which is a series of letters and numbers. This code is entered once for you to set up a user identification and password that you can easily remember.
• Courses may be one, two, or multiple modules. You can work at your own pace, starting and stopping when it suits your schedule. NOTE: Our courses do not have sound. You read the material at your own pace.
• After you have worked through all the course material, take the post-test and complete the evaluation. You will have 3 attempts to pass the test, however a passing score of 80% or better is required. Please make sure you have the required time to complete the post-test because you cannot start and stop this at will.
• Upon successful completion, you will be able to download your certificate of completion.
• Don’t forget to access additional information in each course library. These resources are linked within the course but you can have access to each resource without scrolling through the entire course.