Competency Checklist - IV Therapy, Exercises of Nursing

This document is a competency checklist to verify your skills to perform IV therapy on a patient. It is a guide or a checklist that can benefit both students and professors in evaluating their skills.

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Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ________________
Course: _____________________________________ ________ Grade:_______________
SETTING UP/ CHANGING/ DISCONTINUING IV INFUSION
STEPS YES NO REMARKS
A. SETTING UP:
1. Verify doctor’s order and make IV label.
2. Explain procedure to patient / SO.
3. Assess patient’s vein: choose appropriate vein,
location, size condition.
4. Wash hands before and after procedure. Maintain
asepsis throughout the preparation and during therapy.
5. Prepare necessary materials for procedure (IV tray
with IV solution, IV set, IV cannula/insyte, forcep
soaked in antiseptic solution, alcohol
swabs or cotton balls soaked with alcohol in a
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Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ________________ Course: _____________________________________ ________ Grade:_______________ SETTING UP/ CHANGING/ DISCONTINUING IV INFUSION STEPS YES NO REMARKS A. SETTING UP:

  1. Verify doctor’s order and make IV label.
  2. Explain procedure to patient / SO.
  3. Assess patient’s vein: choose appropriate vein, location, size condition.
  4. Wash hands before and after procedure. Maintain asepsis throughout the preparation and during therapy.
  5. Prepare necessary materials for procedure (IV tray with IV solution, IV set, IV cannula/insyte, forcep soaked in antiseptic solution, alcohol swabs or cotton balls soaked with alcohol in a

closed container, plaster, tourniquet, splint and IV hook/pole) gloves; optional prn.

  1. Check sterility and integrity of the IV solution, IV set and other devices.
  2. Place IV label on IV bottle
  3. Open the seal of the IV bottle aseptically
  4. Open IV set aseptically and close clamp
  5. Spike the infusate aseptically
  6. Fill drip chamber to at least half and prime the tubing aseptically
  7. Remove air bubbles if any and put back the cover to the distal end of tubing. (Get ready for insertion) B. CHANGING AN IV INFUSION:
  1. Regulate flow as ordered.
  2. Reassure patient /SO
  3. Discard all waste materials according to hospital policy
  4. Document accordingly on patient’s chart. C. DISCONTINUING AN IV INFUSION:
  5. Verify doctor’s order
  6. Explain procedure to patient/SO
  7. Assess patient and IV site for any complications
  8. Wash hands before and after procedure
  9. Prepare necessary materials (On IV tray – cotton balls soaked with alcohol in covered container, dry cotton balls, forcep in antiseptic solution, kidney basin, plaster)
  10. Close IV clamp of the tubing
  11. Moisten adhesive tapes around the IV catheter with cotton ball soaked in alcohol, remove plaster gently
  1. Hold a sterile gauze above the venipuncture site without applying any pressure.
  2. Withdraw the needle/ cannula by pulling it out along the line of vein.
  3. Immediately apply firm pressure to the site, using sterile gauze for 2-3 minutes.
  4. Inspect IV catheter for completeness.
  5. Hold client’s arm or leg above the body if bleeding persists.
  6. Place sterile dressing over venipuncture site and secure with plaster.
  7. Reassure patient/SO
  8. Discard all used materials according to hospital policy

catheter, reduce the angle of the catheter almost parallel to skin and advance the needle ¼ inch more into the vein.

  1. Holding the needle steady in its position, advance the catheter until the hub is at the venipuncture site.
  2. Slip a piece of sterile gauze under the hub
  3. Release the tourniquet, remove the stylet while applying digital pressure over the catheter and stabilizing hub with the thumb or index finger of your non-dominant hand
  4. Connect the infusion tubing of the IVF prepared in Procedure I-A setting, as aseptically to the IV catheter.
  5. Open the clamp slowly and start the infusion 17. Anchor cannula in place with the use of: a. Transparent tape (tegaderm) or sterile dressing over the venipuncture site. b. Tape (using any appropriate anchoring style) Note: Never place unsterile tape directly on IV insertion site, instead place a small piece of sterile OS then secure with adhesive tape.
  6. Tape a small loop of IV tubing for additional anchoring, apply splint if necessary.
  7. Calibrate the IVF bottle and regulate flow of infusion according to prescribed duration
  8. Label on IV tape near the IV site to indicate the date of insertion, type and gauge of IV catheter and countersign
  9. Label with plaster on IV tubing to indicate the date when to change IV tubing
  10. Observe and report any untoward effect
  11. Discard all used devices according to hospital policy 24. Document in the patient’s chart accordingly
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