Indications
This is necessary for prolonged antibiotic therapy to be completed at home.
What is a PICC line?
Change in external length indicates this.
What is catheter migration?
The nurse action if a client reports pain at the IV site.
What stopping the IV?
The three parts of the nursing diagnosis are
What are patient's problem or potential problem, causative or related factors, defining characteristics or signs and symptoms?
The transfer of tasks to an individual who is competent in performing task is called this?
What is delegation?
This vein is often used for insertion of a PICC line.
What is the basilic vein?
Aspiration for blood indicates this.
What is patency?
Dressing changes must be done using this on central access devices.
What is sterile technique?
Criteria for Expected Outcomes are
What are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time framed, and patient centered.
This type of intervention requires an order?
What is dependent?
This type of access is necessary to provide hydration to a dehydrated client.
What is a peripherally inserted catheter?
Signs and symptoms of phlebitis.
What are redness, fever, heat, swelling and drainage?
A dressing that needs to be changed when it is loose, soiled or damp or every seven days on a central access device.
What is a transparent semipermeable dressing?
Nursing interventions that do not need an MD's order.
What is an independent nursing action?
This part of the care plan that is based on evidence.
What is rationale?
When delivering vesicant medication what types of access devices must be used.
What are Implanted ports, tunneled central venous catheters, non tunneled central venous catheters, PICC lines?
The use of a measuring tool is necessary to measure mid-arm circumference with these devices.
What are midline catheters and PICC lines?
During the removal of a central venous access, the client holding their breath to prevent this.
What is air embolism?
A nursing action that is required if expected outcomes do not meet actual patient outcomes.
What is revise the nursing care plan.
These interventions require working together with other disciplines for the patient?
What is collaborative interventions?
Commonly used in emergent situations for vascular access and only to be inserted by a healthcare provider.
What is a nontunneled central venous catheter?
Feeling a cord-like structure along the vein could be an indicator of
What is thrombophlebitis?
A client can swim in the lake with this device.
What is an implanted access device or port?
This occurs as the P in "ADPIE" or planning.
What are setting priorities, creating goals, expected outcomes that are patient-centered, and implementing nursing interventions that are patient specific?
First step in developing a nursing diagnosis.
What are clues identified from client data collection?