Health Occupations
Course Syllabus
Course number: HLOC 1070
Credit hours: 1.5
Contact hours: 22.5
Course prerequisites: Current LPN license, or permission of
instructor; however, only an LPN will be eligible
for IV certification
Instructor: Carole Grady
225 South 700 East,
652-7886 work phone
229-6555 cell phone
656-4025 fax
Course description:
This course is
designed to provide hospital and pre-hospital caregivers training in
intravenous access at the basic level.
The intent of this course is to provide a course for professionals who
need this training as a requirement for their current position, refresher class
of previous IV training, and/or as a pre-requisite class for entry into an RN
program. Course content includes
fundamental foundations of practice, infection control measures, fundamentals
of fluid and electrolyte balance, basic infusion practice, and special problems
associated with infusion therapy.
Course objectives: Upon successful completion of the course, the student
will be able to:
Module 1: Fundamental
Foundations of Practice
1. Define the terminology related to risk management and
quality patient management
2. Identify the areas of breach of duty in I.V. nursing
3. Identify three occupational risks for the I.V. nurse
Module
2: Infection Control Measures
4. Identify strategies to prevent infection related to
intravenous therapy
5. Describe the factors that influence formation of
infusion phlebitis
6. State the Intravenous Nurses Standards of Practice
for preventing infection
7. Discuss sources of intravenous cannula-related
infections
8. Related the critical nursing interventions for
infection control
Module
3: Fundamentals of Fluid and Electrolyte
Balance
9. Define terminology related to fluids and electrolytes
10. State the functions of body fluids
11. Compare and contrast the movement of water in
hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic solutions
12. Summarize the major fluid balance disorders
13. Identify patients with fluid volume deficit and fluid
volume excess using a quick assessment guide
14. Define terminology related to electrolytes
15. Contrast each of the seven electrolytes and their
major roles in body fluids
16. Identify signs and symptoms of deficits and excesses
of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, and phosphate
17. Compare clinical manifestations of metabolic acidosis
and alkalosis
18. Identify regulatory organs of acid-base balance
Module
4: Basic Infusion Practice
19. Identify the three objectives of parenteral therapy
20. List the key elements in intravenous solutions
21. Describe the uses of maintenance fluids
22. Describe the uses of hypotonic, hypertonic, and
isotonic fluids
23. Identify the major groupings of intravenous solutions
24. Describe the main role of hydrating fluids
25. Compare the properties of a crystalloid solution with
those of a colloid solution
26. Identify the use of alkalinizing and acidifying
fluids
27. State the most commonly used hypotonic multiple
electrolyte solutions and most commonly used isotonic multiple electrolyte
solutions
28. Identify the
types and characteristics of infusion delivery systems
29. Describe the 5 types of administration sets
30. Describe the appropriate use of filters, adaptors and
connectors, stopcocks, and PRN devices
31. Compare and contrast scalp vein needles,
over-the-needle catheters, through-the-needle catheters, and midline catheters
32. Compare and contrast infusion regulation devices
33. Describe the anatomy related to the venous system
34. Identify the peripheral veins appropriate for
venipuncture
35. List the factors affecting site selection
36. Demonstrate Phillips’ 15-step approach for initiating
intravenous therapy
37. State the Intravenous Nursing Standards of Practice for
peripheral infusions
Module
5: Complications of Intravenous Therapy
38. Define terms
related to the hazards associated with intravenous therapy
39. Differentiate between local and systemic
complications
40. Describe the signs and symptoms of eight local
complications
41. Identify prompt treatment for local and systemic
complications
42. Identify the most hazardous local complication
43. Use the phlebitis chart for identifying and rating
postinfusion phlebitis
44. Identify prevention techniques for the six systemic
complications
Module
6: Special Problems of Intravenous
Therapy
45. Identify special considerations related to
intravenous therapy in the pediatric patient
46. Identify special considerations related to
intravenous therapy in the geriatric patient
47. Identify special considerations related to
intravenous therapy with obese patients, patients with edema, and patients with
sclerosed or fragile veins
Required textbook:
Phillips, L.D. (2005).
Manual of I.V. therapeutics(4th.
ed.).
Davis Company.
Recommended textbook:
Phillips, L.D. (2005).
IV therapy notes: Nurse’s clinical
pocket guide.
but is an excellent pocket guide to use in the clinical
setting.)
ACCESSING
THIS ONLINE COURSE: To access HLOC 1070 or other
online courses on WebCT, please complete the following steps:
1.
Go online to http://www.dixie.edu/online/vista/
- this is the WebCT entry page.
2.
You must now formulate your WebCT ID and password. Go to the WebCT entry page
and click on What is your WebCT ID/Password?
3.
Finally, you can log on, click on Log on to WebCT (WebCT
ID and passwords will NOT be active until the beginning of the semester)