Test Bank - Phillips’s Manual Of I.V. Therapeutics;
Evidence-Based Practice For Infusion Therapy 8th
Edition By Lisa Gorski, All 12 Chapters Covered,
Verified Latest Edition
TEST BANK
, Table Of Contents
1. 1 overview: professional practice issues and infusion therapy
2. Introduction
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Standards of practice
5. Clinical competency
6. Documentation of competency
7. Infusion and vascular access teams
8. Specialty certification
9. Nursing process related to infusion therapy
10. Assessment
11. Diagnosis
12. Outcomes identification
13. Planning
14. Implementation of interventions/nursing actions
15. Evaluation
16. Continuous quality improvement
17. Additional components of quality improvement
18. Risk management
19. Informed consent
20. Adverse events and reporting
21. Documentation
22. Ethical and legal issues
23. Ethical issues related to infusion therapy
24. Malpractice and nursing practice
25. The infusion nurse’s role as expert witness
26. Reducing the risk for malpractice
27. Malpractice case example
28. Chapter highlights
29. 2 infection prevention and occupational risks
30. 1. Standard and transmission-based precautions
31. 2. Hand hygiene
32. 3. Aseptic non touch technique
33. 4. Skin antisepsis
,34. 5. Central line bundle and other care bundles
35. 6. Antimicrobial-/antiseptic-impregnated catheters
36. 7. Catheter dressings
37. 8. Vad securement
38. 9. Needleless connectors
39. 10. Other add-on devices
40. 11. Administration set management
41. 12. Antimicrobial locking solutions
42. 3 fundamentals of fluid and electrolyte balance
43. 4 infusion fluid administration
44. 5 infusion equipment
45. 6 peripheral iv catheter insertion and management
46. 7 phlebotomy techniques
47. 8 central vascular access
48. 9 complications of infusion therapy: peripheral and central vascular access devices
49. 10 infusion medication safety, methods, and routes
50. 11 transfusion therapy
51. 12 parenteral nutrition
52. 13 introduction to biologic therapies
, Chapter 1: professional practice concepts for infusion therapy
Multiple choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A nurse is attempting to initiate i.v. Therapy for a client diagnosed with gastroenteritis. The client is
combative and resists the nurse’s efforts to start the i.v. Which action by the nurse would result in an
intentional tort?
A. Failing to document the client’s combativeness
B. Refusing to wear gloves while starting the i.v.
C. Failing to report the client’s combativeness to a physician
D. Starting an i.v. On a coherent client against the client’s wishes
2. A nurse who is caring for clients understands that he or she should provide care that meets at least the
minimum standards of practice for nursing. Which phrase regarding standards of practice is most accurate?
A. Standards of practice focus on the care provider and define needed activities and behaviors.
B. Standards of practice focus on the recipient of care and describe the outcomes of care.
C. Standards of practice are written laws enacted by the legislature.
D. Standards of practice are the result of the performance of a function or process.
3. Which incident would cause a nurse to be named as a defendant in a malpractice suit?
A. The nurse notes blood return noted in a peripheral iv catheter line.
B. The nurse reports early signs of infection from a peripheral line inserted by a nurse on another
unit
C. The nurse places two peripheral iv catheters in a patient requiring emergency iv fluids, but only
uses one
D. The nurse records nerve damage caused by a peripheral iv catheter inserted the previous shift
nurse
4. The intravenous route is the most commonly used infusion route. The nurse notes that a client diagnosed
with metastatic cancer is receiving an intraosseous infusion. Should the nurse question the healthcare pro-
vider’s order?
A. Yes; the healthcare provider is not following ins recommendations.
B. No; the nurse should never question the healthcare provider’s order when it comes to chemother-
apy.
C. Yes; this route of infusion is dangerous and not accepted by the ins.
D. No; other routes might be appropriate for administration in certain situations and with selected
fluids and medications.
Evidence-Based Practice For Infusion Therapy 8th
Edition By Lisa Gorski, All 12 Chapters Covered,
Verified Latest Edition
TEST BANK
, Table Of Contents
1. 1 overview: professional practice issues and infusion therapy
2. Introduction
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Standards of practice
5. Clinical competency
6. Documentation of competency
7. Infusion and vascular access teams
8. Specialty certification
9. Nursing process related to infusion therapy
10. Assessment
11. Diagnosis
12. Outcomes identification
13. Planning
14. Implementation of interventions/nursing actions
15. Evaluation
16. Continuous quality improvement
17. Additional components of quality improvement
18. Risk management
19. Informed consent
20. Adverse events and reporting
21. Documentation
22. Ethical and legal issues
23. Ethical issues related to infusion therapy
24. Malpractice and nursing practice
25. The infusion nurse’s role as expert witness
26. Reducing the risk for malpractice
27. Malpractice case example
28. Chapter highlights
29. 2 infection prevention and occupational risks
30. 1. Standard and transmission-based precautions
31. 2. Hand hygiene
32. 3. Aseptic non touch technique
33. 4. Skin antisepsis
,34. 5. Central line bundle and other care bundles
35. 6. Antimicrobial-/antiseptic-impregnated catheters
36. 7. Catheter dressings
37. 8. Vad securement
38. 9. Needleless connectors
39. 10. Other add-on devices
40. 11. Administration set management
41. 12. Antimicrobial locking solutions
42. 3 fundamentals of fluid and electrolyte balance
43. 4 infusion fluid administration
44. 5 infusion equipment
45. 6 peripheral iv catheter insertion and management
46. 7 phlebotomy techniques
47. 8 central vascular access
48. 9 complications of infusion therapy: peripheral and central vascular access devices
49. 10 infusion medication safety, methods, and routes
50. 11 transfusion therapy
51. 12 parenteral nutrition
52. 13 introduction to biologic therapies
, Chapter 1: professional practice concepts for infusion therapy
Multiple choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. A nurse is attempting to initiate i.v. Therapy for a client diagnosed with gastroenteritis. The client is
combative and resists the nurse’s efforts to start the i.v. Which action by the nurse would result in an
intentional tort?
A. Failing to document the client’s combativeness
B. Refusing to wear gloves while starting the i.v.
C. Failing to report the client’s combativeness to a physician
D. Starting an i.v. On a coherent client against the client’s wishes
2. A nurse who is caring for clients understands that he or she should provide care that meets at least the
minimum standards of practice for nursing. Which phrase regarding standards of practice is most accurate?
A. Standards of practice focus on the care provider and define needed activities and behaviors.
B. Standards of practice focus on the recipient of care and describe the outcomes of care.
C. Standards of practice are written laws enacted by the legislature.
D. Standards of practice are the result of the performance of a function or process.
3. Which incident would cause a nurse to be named as a defendant in a malpractice suit?
A. The nurse notes blood return noted in a peripheral iv catheter line.
B. The nurse reports early signs of infection from a peripheral line inserted by a nurse on another
unit
C. The nurse places two peripheral iv catheters in a patient requiring emergency iv fluids, but only
uses one
D. The nurse records nerve damage caused by a peripheral iv catheter inserted the previous shift
nurse
4. The intravenous route is the most commonly used infusion route. The nurse notes that a client diagnosed
with metastatic cancer is receiving an intraosseous infusion. Should the nurse question the healthcare pro-
vider’s order?
A. Yes; the healthcare provider is not following ins recommendations.
B. No; the nurse should never question the healthcare provider’s order when it comes to chemother-
apy.
C. Yes; this route of infusion is dangerous and not accepted by the ins.
D. No; other routes might be appropriate for administration in certain situations and with selected
fluids and medications.
