IV THERAPY 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
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Infusion Delivery Systems - ✔✔Glass bottles, Plastic Bags, and Semi-Rigid Containers
For Small Volume Infusions: Secondary Bag, Piggy Back Bag, Additive Bag, and Use-
activated Container
Administration Sets - ✔✔Primary Set, Secondary Set or Piggyback Set (includes a
Hanger), Pump-Specific Set or Pump Set (sets may be vented or nonvented, but most
employ a Convertible Pin that allows the set to vented or nonvented)
IV Tubings and drip rates - ✔✔Microbore (60 gtt/mL) and Macrobore (10, 15 & 20
gtt/mL)
Special Medication Administration Sets - ✔✔Lipid Administrations Sets [(Intravenous
Fat Emulsion (IVFE)], TPN Administration Sets, and Nitroglycerine Administration Set
Blood Administration Sets - ✔✔Y-Set, Straight Set, or Pump Set
Administration Set Parts - ✔✔Spike or Piercing Pin, Shield/Flange, Vent or Convertible
Pin, Drop Orifice (macrodrip or microdrip), Drip Chamber, Tubing (Micro or Macrobore),
,Clamp, Injection Ports (Y-site, Y-port), Backcheck or Check Valve, Male Luer-Lock or
Slip Hub Adapter
Clamps - ✔✔Roller, Slide, Screw and Pinch
Filters - ✔✔Inline or Add-On (range in size from 170 microns to 0.2 microns based on
purpose), Specialty Filters: (Examples: Leukocyte Depletion or Reduction Filter,
Microaggregate Filters)
Extension Tubings - ✔✔Microbore or Macrobore (in Varying Lengths with or without
Injection Ports)
Catheter Connection Devices or Catheter Extension Sets - ✔✔Straight Extension Set,
Y-Connector, T-Connector, or J-Connector
Needleless Systems - ✔✔Various systems that do not require the use needles to
connect IV devices or administer infusates and medications.
Peripheral Venous Catheters - ✔✔Scalp-Vein or Butterfly Needles, Over-the-Needle
Cannula, Midline Catheter
Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs) - ✔✔Nontunneled CVADs (Examples:
Internal Jugular and Subclavian), Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC),
Subcutaneously Tunneled CVADs, (Examples: Hickman and Groshong), and Implanted
Vascular or Venous Access Ports (VAP)
Needleless Connectors (Injection Caps or Injection Ports) - ✔✔Needleless Connectors
are classified as either simple or complex and complex
Complex needleless connectors can be furthered classified as: - ✔✔Negative Fluid
Displacement, Positive Fluid Displacement or Neutral Displacement Devices.
, A Needleless Connector is added to - ✔✔an IV catheter or a Straight Extension Set, Y-
Connector, T-Connector, or J-Connector for intermittent access.
The combination of a Peripheral IV Catheter, Catheter Connection Device and
Needleless Connector is commonly called a: - ✔✔Saline Lock or Medication Lock and
may also be referred to as a Peripheral Intermittent Infusion Device.
Securement Devices - ✔✔Tape, Tegaderm, StatLock
Mechanical Gravity Devices - ✔✔Volume Control Set or Volume Chamber Control Set
(Volutrol or Buretrol), Dial-A-Flow
Electronic Infusion Devices - ✔✔Volumetric pumps, Peristaltic Pumps, Syringe Pumps,
Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pumps, and Ambulatory Pumps
Nonelectric Disposable Pumps - ✔✔Elastomeric Infusion Pumps, Spring-Powered
Infusion Pumps, Negative-Pressure Infusion Pumps, and Disposable PCA Pumps
Labels - ✔✔Additive Label, Timestrip, Tubing Label, and IV Start Label
Misc. items - ✔✔Deadender or Dual Luer Lock Cap, Stopcock (Usually Three or Four-
way Device), Huber Needle, Saline Flush
indications for IV access - ✔✔Blood sampling, donor phlebotomy, fluid volume
maintanence, fluid volume replacement, med admin, blood/blood product admin,
nutritional supp, TKO (to keep open) for emergency access, hemodynamic monitoring
advantages of IV therapy - ✔✔Available route, Faster absorption, Rapid distribution,
Maximum bioavailability, Maintenance of controlled blood levels, Less discomfort than
some routes, Time efficient for nursing
100% CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED
A+}
Infusion Delivery Systems - ✔✔Glass bottles, Plastic Bags, and Semi-Rigid Containers
For Small Volume Infusions: Secondary Bag, Piggy Back Bag, Additive Bag, and Use-
activated Container
Administration Sets - ✔✔Primary Set, Secondary Set or Piggyback Set (includes a
Hanger), Pump-Specific Set or Pump Set (sets may be vented or nonvented, but most
employ a Convertible Pin that allows the set to vented or nonvented)
IV Tubings and drip rates - ✔✔Microbore (60 gtt/mL) and Macrobore (10, 15 & 20
gtt/mL)
Special Medication Administration Sets - ✔✔Lipid Administrations Sets [(Intravenous
Fat Emulsion (IVFE)], TPN Administration Sets, and Nitroglycerine Administration Set
Blood Administration Sets - ✔✔Y-Set, Straight Set, or Pump Set
Administration Set Parts - ✔✔Spike or Piercing Pin, Shield/Flange, Vent or Convertible
Pin, Drop Orifice (macrodrip or microdrip), Drip Chamber, Tubing (Micro or Macrobore),
,Clamp, Injection Ports (Y-site, Y-port), Backcheck or Check Valve, Male Luer-Lock or
Slip Hub Adapter
Clamps - ✔✔Roller, Slide, Screw and Pinch
Filters - ✔✔Inline or Add-On (range in size from 170 microns to 0.2 microns based on
purpose), Specialty Filters: (Examples: Leukocyte Depletion or Reduction Filter,
Microaggregate Filters)
Extension Tubings - ✔✔Microbore or Macrobore (in Varying Lengths with or without
Injection Ports)
Catheter Connection Devices or Catheter Extension Sets - ✔✔Straight Extension Set,
Y-Connector, T-Connector, or J-Connector
Needleless Systems - ✔✔Various systems that do not require the use needles to
connect IV devices or administer infusates and medications.
Peripheral Venous Catheters - ✔✔Scalp-Vein or Butterfly Needles, Over-the-Needle
Cannula, Midline Catheter
Central Venous Access Devices (CVADs) - ✔✔Nontunneled CVADs (Examples:
Internal Jugular and Subclavian), Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC),
Subcutaneously Tunneled CVADs, (Examples: Hickman and Groshong), and Implanted
Vascular or Venous Access Ports (VAP)
Needleless Connectors (Injection Caps or Injection Ports) - ✔✔Needleless Connectors
are classified as either simple or complex and complex
Complex needleless connectors can be furthered classified as: - ✔✔Negative Fluid
Displacement, Positive Fluid Displacement or Neutral Displacement Devices.
, A Needleless Connector is added to - ✔✔an IV catheter or a Straight Extension Set, Y-
Connector, T-Connector, or J-Connector for intermittent access.
The combination of a Peripheral IV Catheter, Catheter Connection Device and
Needleless Connector is commonly called a: - ✔✔Saline Lock or Medication Lock and
may also be referred to as a Peripheral Intermittent Infusion Device.
Securement Devices - ✔✔Tape, Tegaderm, StatLock
Mechanical Gravity Devices - ✔✔Volume Control Set or Volume Chamber Control Set
(Volutrol or Buretrol), Dial-A-Flow
Electronic Infusion Devices - ✔✔Volumetric pumps, Peristaltic Pumps, Syringe Pumps,
Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pumps, and Ambulatory Pumps
Nonelectric Disposable Pumps - ✔✔Elastomeric Infusion Pumps, Spring-Powered
Infusion Pumps, Negative-Pressure Infusion Pumps, and Disposable PCA Pumps
Labels - ✔✔Additive Label, Timestrip, Tubing Label, and IV Start Label
Misc. items - ✔✔Deadender or Dual Luer Lock Cap, Stopcock (Usually Three or Four-
way Device), Huber Needle, Saline Flush
indications for IV access - ✔✔Blood sampling, donor phlebotomy, fluid volume
maintanence, fluid volume replacement, med admin, blood/blood product admin,
nutritional supp, TKO (to keep open) for emergency access, hemodynamic monitoring
advantages of IV therapy - ✔✔Available route, Faster absorption, Rapid distribution,
Maximum bioavailability, Maintenance of controlled blood levels, Less discomfort than
some routes, Time efficient for nursing
