Course Summary
Contact Hour(s):
4 Contact Hours
Contact hours for LPNs in any state are earned by completing this course. This is part of a series of 24 contact hours of courses to prepare for LPN IV Certification in Florida. Florida certification participants must schedule a 6-hour live presentation and return demonstration to complete IV Certification. The live presentation is not provided by CEUFast.com.
Author:
Desiree Reinken, PhD, APRN, NP-C
Julia Tortorice, RN, MBA, MSN, EdD, NEA-BC
This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) Registered Nurses
Accreditations:
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
State Approvals:
Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353
Course Description:
This course discusses routine venipuncture, maintenance, and IV insertions in adults and pediatric patients. The anatomy of the heart and the purpose of the skin is reviewed. Common blood tests, including the type and color of the tube they are retrieved in, are examined. The insertion process is discussed, including assessing, maintaining, and removing IV catheters.
Contact hours for LPNs in any state are earned by completing this course. This is part of a series of 24 contact hours of courses to prepare for LPN IV Certification in Florida. Florida certification participants must schedule a 6-hour live presentation and return demonstration to complete IV Certification. The live presentation is not provided by CEUFast.com.
Outcomes:
≥92% of LPNs will know how to perform venipuncture and maintain an IV site.
Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to meet the following objectives:
- Examine the structure of the vascular system.
- Compare the types of blood tests that can be performed with venipuncture.
- Determine how to insert an intravenous (IV) catheter correctly.
- Calculate flow rates correctly.
- Outline maintenance of an IV catheter.
- Summarize the assessment of an IV catheter.
- Identify complications of venipuncture and IV therapy.
- Evaluate venipuncture procedures in children.
Disclosures:
CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.