Od-031059 MedStar Health Home Care Home Infusion Course
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Home Infusion Module 1: Introduction to Infusion Therapy Online Training Program show details
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.
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Home infusion module 2: Getting started show details
This module covers methods of infusion therapy, vascular access types, infusion catheter types and methods of delivery.
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Home infusion module 3: Possible complications with infusion show details
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.
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Home infusion module 4: Safety and infection control show details
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.
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Home infusion module 5: Dressing change and management of various infusion types show details
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.
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Home Infusion Pumps show details
This module will review commonly used home infusion pumps.
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Nursing Management & Documentation for Hydration Therapy show details
The seventh learning module in the home infusion therapy course focuses on hydration.
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Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) show details
This is the eighth learning module in the infusion therapy course - total parenteral nutrition (TPN).
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Chemotherapy. show details
The ninth module in the home infusion therapy course focuses on chemotherapy infusion in the home care setting.
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Anti-infectives show details
The tenth module in the home infusion therapy course focuses on anti-infectives.
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Pain management and cardiac inotropes show details
Pain management:
This part of the module will primarily focus on managing patients on intravenous pain therapy by patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump.
Cardiac inotropes:
This part of the module will focus on positive intravenous inotropes used in the home for the management of advanced heart failure or other end-stage cardiomyopathies
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Home Immunoglobulin show details
This course provides nurses with essential knowledge to safely and effectively administer immunoglobulin therapy in the home infusion setting. Participants will review indications, clinical considerations, risks, side effects, and proper storage and handling of immunoglobulins.
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Specialty Biologic Infusions show details
This course equips nurses with the knowledge and skills needed to safely manage biologic therapies in the home infusion setting.
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Case management, documentation, and patient teaching show details
Module 14 in the home infusion therapy course focuses on case management, documentation, and patient teaching.
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