THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE REGARDING CARE OF PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS (IV) ACCESS AMONG ICU NURSES

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Introduction: Peripheral intravenous cannulation insertion most important and challenging clinical skill performed by professional nurses or doctors. Successful intravenous cannulation depends on distending the peripheral veins and selection of an appropriate site and cannulation device. Nurses are key factors in performing the procedure should be proficiently trained because many complications may arise from peripheral intravenous cannulation. Methodology: A non-participatory observational research study to assess the Understanding and application regarding care of peripheral IV access among nurses of critical care units of Himalayan Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Critical Care Units were selected by conveniently & 70 study participants were selected by Simple Random sample technique (Lottery method).  Result: The Study findings shows that the Understanding level was adequate (60%), the application level was moderate 96%. There was only association between gender and application-level score of staff nurse working in ICU. Conclusion: The study was concluded that in the end, it is observed that the staff nurse had adequate Understanding regarding peripheral intravenous access, and moderate level of application regarding peripheral intravenous access. The study result concluded that there is a need to improve the awareness application regarding peripheral intravenous access among staff nurses.