The nurse wants to find written standards for IV therapy. The nursing manager suggests that the nurse investigate publications from which resource?
a. IV Therapy Nursing Society
b. Infusion Nurses Society
c. Nurse's State Board of Nursing
d. Hospital's IV solutions vendor
B
The Infusion Nurses Society publishes guidelines and standards related to IV therapy and offers a national certification examination. The State Board of Nursing publishes legal information related to nursing practice, and the solutions vendor would have written information pertaining only to specific products. The IV Therapy Nursing Society does not exist, and the other organizations listed do not provide standards and guidelines related to IV therapy.
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