In this course you will be introduced to various types of infusions that can be provided in the home setting as well as the governing standards that guide infusion practice for homecare.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031057

This module covers methods of infusion therapy, vascular access types, infusion catheter types and methods of delivery.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031058

This module covers complications from infusion therapy that can happen for a number of reasons, including the signs and symptoms, causes, interventions, and ways to prevent them.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031069

This module covers safety and infection control in infusion therapy including flushing procedures, high-risk medications, first dose procedures and precautions, IV push protocols, blood sampling from a central line, using Cath Flo for de-clotting, and signs/symptoms and interventions for anaphylaxis.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031070

This module covers technique for changing a dressing on an intravenous line; infection control protocols for IV site care and how to maintain a sterile field; how to maintain and care for various infusion types; safety precautions to avoid complications; and documentation protocols for home infusion therapy.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031071

This module covers the process for administration of hydration therapy; the management and care of patients receiving hydration therapy; when it is not necessary to use an electronic infusion device to infuse; risk involved in hydration therapy; and how to avoid complications.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031072

This module covers the need to check the physician’s order at multiple checkpoints prior to infusing TPN; the process for administering and managing a TPN infusion; which filter to use on the IV line for the specific type of TPN ordered; and patient/caregiver teaching related to TPN therapy.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031073

This module covers the process for administration of chemotherapy; the management and care of patients receiving chemotherapy; the proper use and disposal of chemotherapeutic agents; and the possible risks involved in chemotherapy and how to avoid complications.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031074

This module covers the types of antibiotic therapies administered in the home; some of the actions, doses, storage requirements, and adverse effects for some of the most common anti-infectives; the management and care of patients receiving anti-infectives; and the differences between an antibacterial, an antiviral, and an antifungal.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031075

This module covers the process for the administration of intravenous pain medications; the management and care of patients receiving intravenous pain therapy; the aspects of cardiac inotropic therapy by intravenous route including the process for the administration of cardiac inotropes and the management and care of patients receiving cardiac inotrope support therapy.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031076

This module covers case management strategies for patients receiving IV therapy at home; the admission and revisit requirements for patients receiving homebased IV therapy; specific patient teaching required for patients receiving IV therapy by the homecare nurse; and documentation requirements for patients receiving home IV therapy with a focus on evidence-based practice in clinical practice related to IV therapy.

• Faculty: Lynnette Gosa
• ID: Pr-031077