Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B9 - Board of Nursing › Chapter 64B9-12 - ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS THERAPY BY LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES › Section 64B9-12.005 - Competency and Knowledge Requirements Necessary to Qualify the LPN to Administer IV Therapy

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The course
				necessary to qualify a licensed practical nurse or graduate practical nurse to
				administer IV therapy shall be not less than a thirty (30) hour post-graduation
				level course teaching aspects of IV therapy. The didactic intravenous therapy
				education must contain the following components:
(a) Policies and procedures of both the Nurse
				Practice Act and the employing agency in regard to intravenous therapy. This
				includes legalities of both the Licensed Practical Nurse role and the
				administration of safe care. Principles of charting are also
				included.
(b) Psychological
				preparation and support for the patient receiving IV therapy as well as the
				appropriate family members/significant others.
(c) Site and function of the peripheral veins
				used for veinpuncture.
(d)
				Procedure for veinpuncture, including physical and psychological preparation,
				site selection, skin preparation, palpation of veins, and collection of
				equipment.
(e) Relationship between
				intravenous therapy and the body's homeostatic and regulatory functions, with
				attention to the clinical manifestations of fluid and electrolyte
				imbalance.
(f) Signs and symptoms
				of local and systemic complications in the delivery of fluids and medications
				and the preventive and treatment measures for these complications.
(g) Identification of various types of
				equipment used in administering intravenous therapy with content related to
				criteria for use of each and means of troubleshooting for
				malfunction.
(h) Formulas used to
				calculate fluid and drug administration rate.
(i) Methods of administering drugs
				intravenously and advantages and disadvantages of each.
(j) Principles of compatibility and
				incompatibility of drugs and solutions.
(k) Nursing management of the patient
				receiving drug therapy, including principles of chemotherapy, protocols,
				actions, and side effects.
(l)
				Nursing management of the patient receiving blood and blood components,
				following institutional protocol. Include indications and contraindications for
				use; identification of adverse reactions.
(m) Nursing management of the patient
				receiving parenteral nutrition, including principles of metabolism, potential
				complications, and physical and psychological measures to ensure the desired
				therapeutic effect.
(n) Principles
				of infection control in IV therapy, including aseptic technique and prevention
				and treatment of iatrogenic infection.
(o) Nursing management of special IV therapy
				procedures that are commonly used in the clinical setting, such as heparin
				lock, central lines, and arterial lines.
(p) Glossary of common terminology pertinent
				to IV fluid therapy.
(q)
				Performance check list by which to evaluate clinical application of knowledge
				and skills.