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presented by Lisa A. Gorski, MS, RN, HHCNS-BC, CRNI, FAAN
Financial: Lisa Gorski receives compensation from MedBridge for this course. She also receives compensation from 3M/Solventum, BD Medical, Genentech, and Nexus Medical. She is editor in chief of Home Healthcare Now. She also receives book royalties from F.A. Davis. Lisa has stock in ivWatch and is an employee at Ascension at Home.
Nonfinancial: Lisa Gorski is a professional member of the Infusion Nurses Society.
Satisfactory completion requirements: All disciplines must complete learning assessments to be awarded credit, no minimum score required unless otherwise specified within the course.
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Lisa A. Gorski, MS, RN, HHCNS-BC, CRNI, FAAN
Lisa A. Gorski has worked for 40 years as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and educator for Wheaton Franciscan Home Health & Hospice, now part of Ascension at Home, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As a CNS, she has played a key role in the home infusion therapy program, contributing to clinician education, policy and procedure development,…
Read full bio1. Safe Medication Practices
This session focuses on practices including reviewing provider orders, verifying infusion medications or solutions in the home, and medication reconciliation. It also addresses the issue of when/how to do independent double checks of high-risk medications in the home.
2. Infusion Administration: Reducing Risk for Complications
In this session, interventions to reduce the risk for complications during home infusion therapy are addressed. This includes a review of Aseptic Non Touch Technique during infusion, compounding and preparation of infusion medications, setting up the infusion in a home setting, use of SASH, and putting a plan in place for monitoring for complications relative to the home infusion medication(s).
3. Common Home Infusion Methods
This session reviews the most common home infusion administration methods, with attention to advantages and disadvantages of each.
4. Patient Education and Home Infusion
Effective patient education is critical to optimizing outcomes. Identifying potential barriers or facilitators to learning is essential in developing the patient education plan. Education should be consistent, with attention to plain language, and learning evaluated using evidence-based strategies.
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