Question

What are two nursing considerations in prioritizing and deciding placement location of a peripheral IV in heart failure?

Answer 1

Intravenous infusions or injections commonly abbreviated as IV are used on patients suffering from heart failure as in the case of a myocardial infarction or heart attack. A peripheral IV does not directly go into the centre of a system of veins, but rather into a peripheral or surrounding vein.

There are certain precautions which have to be taken before the insertion of a peripheral IV. The two major nursing considerations are whether the patient will survive an IV injection and the nature of the injection.

Certain IV infusions can block off vital senses of the patient. This might be more harmful than useful in the case of a heart failure.

Certain doses of injections require to be directly linked to the heart, whereas others affect other organs. So, the placement of the IV is extremely important.