Mosby's Nursing Video Skills - Advanced Skills DVD

3rd Edition

By Mosby

Safe Medication Administration

• Ensuring The Six Rights of Medication Administration
• Documenting medication administration
• Handling variations in medication administration
• Preventing medication errors
• Using specialty medication administration systems

Nonparenteral Medications

• Administering topical medications
• Applying an estrogen patch or nitroglycerin paste
• Administering eye medications
• Administering eardrops
• Using a metered-dose inhaler (MDI)
• Using a dry powder inhaler (DPI)
• Inserting a rectal suppository
• Administering oral medication

Administering Intravenous Fluid Therapy

• Preparing an infusion site
• Performing venipuncture and initiating infusion
• Dressing infusion site
• Troubleshooting intravenous infusions
• Discontinuing intravenous therapy

Managing Intravenous Fluid Therapy

• Regulating intravenous infusions
• Using an infusion pump
• Changing intravenous tubing and fluids
• Changing intravenous dressings

Intravenous Medication Administration

• Adding medications to intravenous fluid container
• Administering medications by intravenous piggyback
• Administering medications by mini-infusion pump
• Administering medications by intravenous bolus

Parenteral Nutrition

• Total parenteral nutrition therapy
• Providing a lipid infusion

Injections

• Preparing injections from an ampule
• Preparing injections from a vial
• Preparing insulin
• Drawing up more than one type of insulin
• Administering intradermal injections
• Administering subcutaneous injections
• Administering intramuscular injections

Vascular Access

• Performing dressing care
• Drawing blood and administering fluid
• Troubleshooting vascular access devices