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administration set - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the tubing and drip chamber used to
administer and IV drip
drip chamber - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the clear cylinder of plastic attached to the
IV tubing. it is filled no more than halfway so you can see the fluid dripping
drip rate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the number of drops per minute needed to make
an IV solution infuse in the prescribed amount of time.
drop factor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the number of drops needed to make 1 mL of
IV fluid. the larger the drop the fewer drops needed to make 1 mL.
duration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔how long in minutes or hours an IV infusion is
ordered to run
, extravasation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔condition in which an IV needle or catheter
pulls from the vein and causes tissue damage by breaking irritating IV fluids
into the surrounding tissue.
flow rate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔how fast and IV infusion is prescribed to run; the
number of mL delivered in 1 hour.
infiltration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔condition in which an IV needle or catheter pulls
from the vein and begins to leak IV fluids into the surrounding tissue,
resulting in tissue swelling.
infuse (infusion) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔to run IV fluids into the body
volume - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔amount of fluids ordered
VI - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔IV pump abbreviation for volume infused
VTBI - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔IV pump abbreviation for volume to be infused.
duration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔how long in minutes or hours an IV infusion is
ordered to run
drip rate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔number of drops per minute needed to make an
IV solution infuse in the prescribed amount of time
administration set - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the tubing and drip chamber used to
administer and IV drip
drip chamber - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the clear cylinder of plastic attached to the
IV tubing. it is filled no more than halfway so you can see the fluid dripping
drip rate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the number of drops per minute needed to make
an IV solution infuse in the prescribed amount of time.
drop factor - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the number of drops needed to make 1 mL of
IV fluid. the larger the drop the fewer drops needed to make 1 mL.
duration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔how long in minutes or hours an IV infusion is
ordered to run
, extravasation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔condition in which an IV needle or catheter
pulls from the vein and causes tissue damage by breaking irritating IV fluids
into the surrounding tissue.
flow rate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔how fast and IV infusion is prescribed to run; the
number of mL delivered in 1 hour.
infiltration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔condition in which an IV needle or catheter pulls
from the vein and begins to leak IV fluids into the surrounding tissue,
resulting in tissue swelling.
infuse (infusion) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔to run IV fluids into the body
volume - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔amount of fluids ordered
VI - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔IV pump abbreviation for volume infused
VTBI - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔IV pump abbreviation for volume to be infused.
duration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔how long in minutes or hours an IV infusion is
ordered to run
drip rate - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔number of drops per minute needed to make an
IV solution infuse in the prescribed amount of time
