NUR172 INTRAVENOUS THERAPY
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
◉ Malpractice Answer: Type of negligence, any professional
misconduct, unreasonable lack of professional skill, non adherence
◉ 4 elements of malpractice Answer: Duty
Breach of duty
Injury
Causation
◉ Standards of care Answer: focuses on the recipient of care, patient
◉ Standards of practice Answer: focuses on the provider.
◉ National patient safety goals Answer: Identify patient correctly (name
and DOB)
Use medications safely (rights)
Prevent infections
Improve staff communication
Identify patient safety risk to suicide
Prevent mistakes in surgery
, ◉ Informed consent Answer: Provide patient with enough information
so they are able to make a decision.
Nurse can be a witness, make sure it's signed.
Dr is responsible to obtain consent
◉ Unusual occurrence report → incident report Answer: Non
Judgemental, factual, not part of legal record.
◉ Sentinel event Answer: Not related to patient's natural course of
illness (delay in treatment, pt fall, tissue necrosis) severe infiltrate.
*malpractice complication with sentinel event. Injury causing a graft to
patients IV site.
◉ Code of ethics Answer: The principles that used in ethical and moral
decision making
◉ Scope of practice for IV therapy Answer: OBN
Antibiotic = anti infection = antifungal
Initiate (first dose)
Maintain (administer/regulate)
IVPB = secondary = intermittent infusion (IV piggy back)
TPN
PCA
PICC
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BANK 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
◉ Malpractice Answer: Type of negligence, any professional
misconduct, unreasonable lack of professional skill, non adherence
◉ 4 elements of malpractice Answer: Duty
Breach of duty
Injury
Causation
◉ Standards of care Answer: focuses on the recipient of care, patient
◉ Standards of practice Answer: focuses on the provider.
◉ National patient safety goals Answer: Identify patient correctly (name
and DOB)
Use medications safely (rights)
Prevent infections
Improve staff communication
Identify patient safety risk to suicide
Prevent mistakes in surgery
, ◉ Informed consent Answer: Provide patient with enough information
so they are able to make a decision.
Nurse can be a witness, make sure it's signed.
Dr is responsible to obtain consent
◉ Unusual occurrence report → incident report Answer: Non
Judgemental, factual, not part of legal record.
◉ Sentinel event Answer: Not related to patient's natural course of
illness (delay in treatment, pt fall, tissue necrosis) severe infiltrate.
*malpractice complication with sentinel event. Injury causing a graft to
patients IV site.
◉ Code of ethics Answer: The principles that used in ethical and moral
decision making
◉ Scope of practice for IV therapy Answer: OBN
Antibiotic = anti infection = antifungal
Initiate (first dose)
Maintain (administer/regulate)
IVPB = secondary = intermittent infusion (IV piggy back)
TPN
PCA
PICC
