RCN releases their Standards for Infusion Therapy:
Click on the link above to get your free copy! Here is the RCN statement:
“This document has been developed to support the care
of adult patients undergoing infusion therapies. The
scope of infusion therapies includes, but is not limited
to, intravenous (IV) sub-cutaneous, intra-osseous and
epidural infusions. Therapies may include fluids,
medications, blood and blood components and
parenteral nutrition.
The document has been written to support nursing practice for infusion therapies and is relevant to nurses and health care assistants/assistant practitioners where this forms part of the sphere of practice. It will also be of relevance to other health care professionals and health care students involved in infusion therapy. For continuity, the term health care professional (HCP) is used throughout.”
