Intermittently delivered IV medication and pH: reevaluating the evidence

Lisa A Gorski¹, Mary E Hagle, Steve Bierman

• ¹Wheaton Franciscan Home Health & Hospice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Ms Gorski); Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Dr Hagle); University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Dr Hagle); and Access Scientific LLC, San Diego, California (Dr Bierman). Lisa A. Gorski, MS, RN, CRNI®, HHCNS-BC, FAAN, has been a clinical nurse specialist at Wheaton Franciscan Home Health and Hospice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since 1985. She served as INS' president from 2007 to 2008 and is the chairperson of INS Standards of Practice Committee. Mary E. Hagle, PhD, RN, FAAN, worked as a clinical nurse specialist in oncology for many years, then as a clinical researcher for the past 14 years. Currently, she is a nurse scientist with Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Milwaukee and an adjunct clinical assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is president of the Southeast Wisconsin Chapter of INS and a member of INS' Standards of Practice Committee. Steve Bierman, MD, who is board certified in emergency medicine, family practice, and medical hypnosis, was an emergency physician for 18 years before founding Venetec International in 2001. He is currently founder and chief medical officer of Access Scientific, LLC, in San Diego, California.