How much do you know about IV therapy?

What is an intravenous (IV) therapy?

• Treatment infused directly into the vein

• Treatment infused directly into the artery

• Treatment infused directly into the capillary

• Treatment infused directly into any blood vessels

One of the purposes of IV therapy is to

• Test whether the patient feels the pain when the needle goes in

• Restraint the patient

• Provide patients with fluids and electrolytes for maintenance

• Keep the doctors and nurses busy

Crystalloids and colloids are

• Nutrition

• Oral medications

• Volume expanders

• Blood-based products

Solution with higher osmolality than plasma that shifts water into the bloodstream is

• Normotonic

• Hypertonic

• Hypotonic

• Isotonic

One of the nursing responsibilities during IV therapy is:

• Increase flow rate when the administration is behind time

• Allow patient to adjust the flow rate at his/her comfort

• Check tubing for air columns/bubbles

• Rely solely on the I/O chart for patient's hydration status

The purpose of checking IV insertion site before and throughout the IV therapy is to

• Prevent extravasation

• Detect phlebitis

• Avoid infiltration

• Identify air embolism

What are the factors affecting the infusion rate of an IV therapy?

• Height of the intravenous bottle

• Position of the extremity

• Kinking of intravenous tubing

• Position of the needle within the vein

Are you going to win this challenge?

• Yes!!!!! Definitely! =D

• I don't think so because I didn't do revision.. ='(

• Hmmm.... I'm not sure.. =/

• I don't think I'd win because my network is so poor! =(