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Understanding Central Venous Catheter Management Study Guide

This guide provides comprehensive information on central venous catheters (CVCs), covering their types, insertion sites, and indications for use. It details crucial aspects of CVC care, including sterile technique for site maintenance, proper flushing protocols to ensure patency, and the recognition and management of common complications such as infection, bleeding, air embolism, and infiltration. The guide also highlights patient safety measures and educational points, such as avoiding blood pr

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Fluid and Electrolyte Balance and IV Therapy

Fluid and Electrolyte Balance Homeostasis

Maintaining homeostasis involves regulating fluid and electrolyte balance through kidneys, lungs, skin, and pituitary gland.

  • Homeostasis
  • Fluid intake
  • Fluid distribution
  • Osmosis
  • Filtration
  • Insensible loss
  • Sensible loss
  • Osmolality
  • Isotonic fluid
  • Hypotonic solution
  • Hypertonic solution
  • Extracellular Fluid Volume Deficit
  • Extracellular Fluid Volume Excess
  • Hypernatremia
  • Hyponatremia
  • Clinical Dehydration
  • Hypokalemia
  • Hyperkalemia
  • Hypocalcemia
  • Hypercalcemia

Nursing Assessment of Fluid and Electrolytes

Nursing assessment, implementation, and management of fluid and electrolyte balance through physical assessment, laboratory studies, and nutritional support.

  • Nursing history
  • Physical assessment
  • Daily weights
  • Fluid intake and output
  • Laboratory studies
  • Nursing diagnoses
  • Health promotion
  • Enteral nutrition
  • Parenteral nutrition
  • Intravenous therapy
  • Isotonic solutions
  • Hypertonic solutions
  • Hypotonic solutions
  • Crystalloids

Initiating and Maintaining IV Therapy

Procedures for venipuncture, selecting intravenous access devices, and maintaining system integrity to prevent complications.

  • Venipuncture
  • Aseptic technique
  • Electronic Infusion devices (EIDs)
  • Peripheral IV access
  • IV complications
  • Catheter gauge sizes
  • Site selection
  • Pain management
  • Vascular access devices (VADs)

IV Therapy Assessment and Regulation

Procedures for IV assessment, pump and gravity drip regulation, and complications of IV therapy.

  • IV Head to Toe Assessment
  • IV Pumps
  • Gravity Drip
  • IV Bolus/IV Push
  • Saline Lock
  • Calculating Flow Rates
  • Milliliters Per Hour
  • Drops Per Minute
  • Complications of IV Therapy
  • Circulatory Overload

Central Venous Catheters and IV Therapy

Central Venous Catheter Care and Complications

Procedures for central venous catheter site care, piggyback setup, and management of complications from IV therapy.

  • Central Venous Catheters
  • PICC
  • Subclavian Central Line
  • Internal Jugular Central Line
  • Piggyback Setup (IVPB)
  • Site Care
  • Sterile technique
  • Occlusive dressing
  • Implanted venous access device
  • Huber needle
  • IV therapy complications

Blood Transfusions and IV Administration

Blood Transfusions and IV Management

Procedures for blood component therapy, autologous transfusion, monitoring for transfusion reactions, and preventing IV infections.

  • Blood component therapy
  • Autologous transfusion
  • Blood groups and types
  • Transfusion reactions
  • Acute adverse effects
  • Signs and symptoms of transfusion reactions
  • Nurse’s responsibility in transfusion reactions
  • Preventing IV infections
  • IV administration tips

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