Plumer's principles & practice of intravenous therapy
[Electronic Resource]
/ Sharon M. Weinstein
8th ed.
Philadelphia
: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
, c2007.
xvii, 753 p. ill. 24 cm. +1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
History of infusion therapy -- Minimizing risk and improving performance -- Nursing role and responsibilities -- Application of infusion nurses society standards of practice -- Anatomy and physiology applied to infusion therapy -- Laboratory tests and values -- Fluid and electrolyte balance -- Principles of parenteral fluid administration -- Complications and interventions -- Evidence-based infusion practice -- Infusion equipment and safety -- Peripheral infusion therapy techniques -- Short peripheral access -- Central venous access -- Alternate access -- Parenteral nutrition -- Transfusion therapy -- Pharmacology applied to infusion therapy -- Antineoplastic therapy -- Pain management -- Pediatric intravenous therapy -- Infusion therapy in an older adult patient -- Infusion therapy in alternate clinical settings: cost factors and treatment modalities -- The future of infusion nursing.