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    Commencement & Maintenance : NS2002 Acute Care Nursing - Clinical Skill Simulation Tutorial Week 02 2012

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    This document provides an overview of a clinical skill simulation tutorial for acute care nursing students. The tutorial covers topics such as validating IV fluid orders, priming different IV lines, attaching IV therapy to patients and setting drip rates, considerations and precautions for IV therapy, calculating IV drip rates, techniques for administering IV therapy, identifying and addressing issues like occlusion or air in the line, and using infusion pumps. Potential errors with IV therapy are also discussed.

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    This document provides an overview of a clinical skill simulation tutorial for acute care nursing students. The tutorial covers topics such as validating IV fluid orders, priming different IV lines, attaching IV therapy to patients and setting drip rates, considerations and precautions for IV therapy, calculating IV drip rates, techniques for administering IV therapy, identifying and addressing issues like occlusion or air in the line, and using infusion pumps. Potential errors with IV therapy are also discussed.

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    This document provides an overview of a clinical skill simulation tutorial for acute care nursing students. The tutorial covers topics such as validating IV fluid orders, priming different IV lines, attaching IV therapy to patients and setting drip rates, considerations and precautions for IV therapy, calculating IV drip rates, techniques for administering IV therapy, identifying and addressing issues like occlusion or air in the line, and using infusion pumps. Potential errors with IV therapy are also discussed.

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    This document provides an overview of a clinical skill simulation tutorial for acute care nursing students. The tutorial covers topics such as validating IV fluid orders, priming different IV lines, attaching IV therapy to patients and setting drip rates, considerations and precautions for IV therapy, calculating IV drip rates, techniques for administering IV therapy, identifying and addressing issues like occlusion or air in the line, and using infusion pumps. Potential errors with IV therapy are also discussed.

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    NS2002 Acute Care Nursing | Clinical Skill Simulation Tutorial Week 02 2012

    Commencement & maintenance;

    NS2002 Acute Care Nursing | Sim Tut Week 02 2012 | The University of Notre Dame Australia

    Using the 5 Rights of medication administration to check validity of IV fluid order

    Priming different IV lines


    Macro Micro/burette Infusion pump lines

    Attaching IV therapy to patient and setting drip rates Performing sterile IV access device dressing

    NS2002 Acute Care Nursing | Sim Tut Week 02 2012 | The University of Notre Dame Australia

    Considerations Uses Precautions Rate Calculations =


    Volume of solution x 20 (Macro) Time (in minutes) Volume of solution x 60 (Micro) Time (in minutes)

    NS2002 Acute Care Nursing | Sim Tut Week 02 2012 | The University of Notre Dame Australia

    NS2002 Acute Care Nursing | Sim Tut Week 02 2012 | The University of Notre Dame Australia 1

    Techniques vary Invert tubing Preventing air bubbles Specific lines

    NS2002 Acute Care Nursing | Sim Tut Week 02 2012 | The University of Notre Dame Australia

    Occlusion
    Partial occlusion Fluid or Patient

    Air in line Pump Failure

    NS2002 Acute Care Nursing | Sim Tut Week 02 2012 | The University of Notre Dame Australia

    Clamps and Valves Patient


    IV device

    Positioning

    Pump
    Clean Programming

    NS2002 Acute Care Nursing | Sim Tut Week 02 2012 | The University of Notre Dame Australia

    Uses Flow up to 999ml/hr Acts as a bolus dose Deliver metered dose from a burette Generally used for IV antibiotics

    NS2002 Acute Care Nursing | Sim Tut Week 02 2012 | The University of Notre Dame Australia

    Rate deviation Incorrect medication Delay of rate or medication/fluid change No rate documented Patient ID error Unauthorised medication

    NS2002 Acute Care Nursing | Sim Tut Week 02 2012 | The University of Notre Dame Australia

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