Medical-Surgical Nursing 8th Edition by Donna Ignatavicius , Linda Workman

Exercise 1

A new graduate nurse is being oriented to your medical-surgical nursing unit. Today he is assigned to care for three patients. One patient is an older adult with an infiltrated peripheral IV in her forearm. The second patient has a PICC line for antibiotic therapy, and the third patient has an arterial implanted port for chemotherapy. As his preceptor, you are responsible for teaching him how to assess patients with these devices and prevent and/or monitor for complications. Your unit has several memory checklists for IV care that you plan to review with him.
What best clinical practices will you teach the new nurse about how to care for patients who have a PICC line?