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The use of intravenous therapy
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield. h.e.hand@sheffield.ac.uk
Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
|September 6, 2002
Abstract:
Nurses have a professional and legal responsibility to understand the rationale for the use of prescribed fluids. Safe administration requires an understanding of the role of electrolytes and water and of the mechanisms of movement between different body compartments.