Özet:

In recent years, many initiatives in health care services have been made for the purpose of diagnosing and treating individuals as a result of scientific knowledge and technological developments. Individuals who are served by bed in the hospital are often subject to intravenous (IV) initiatives with the aim of compensating the loss of fluids and electrolytes, blood or their elements, giving excessively irritating medications, regulating the acid-base balance, giving direct circulation to increase the effect of some medications. For the effectiveness of this initiative, which is very important in terms of the effective implementation of the treatment, the determined vein is placed in the peripheral intravenous catheter (PIC). The application of PIK is a frequent and high-performance invasive nursing attempt. When properly applied, life-saving and useful; in the case of wrong application, insufficient recognition and care, flebit, etc. Complications can develop. Unsafe application of PIC is among the major causes of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized infections.   In this context, the points to be observed in the PIK practices in this edition will be explained based on the Updated Application Guide of the Infusion Nurses Association (2016) and the results of the current literature.

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