Venepuncture and Cannulation

Sara Phillips is lead nurse, Practice Education at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust. Mary Collins is Lecturer Practitioner at St Mary's NHS Trust. Lisa Dougherty is Nurse Consultant, Intravenous Therapy, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

Foreword. Contributors. Introduction (Sarah Phillips and Mary Collins). 1 Legal and Professional Issues (Lorraine Hyde). 2 The Learning Experience (Sarah Phillips). 3 Anatomy and Physiology (Mary Collins). 4 Selection of Equipment (Mirjana Dojcinovska). 5 Vein Selection (Barbara Witt). 6 Infection Control and Risk Management (Sarah Hart). 7 Procedures for Venepuncture and Cannulation (Annie de Verteuil). 8 Complications (Wendy Morris). 9 Introduction to Routine Blood Tests, Normal Values and Relevance to Clinical Practice (Andrea Blay). 10 Patient's Perspective (Lisa Dougherty). Webliography. Glossary. Index.