Abstract
M.Cur.
The administering of intravenous antibiotic is only one of the functions entrusted to
an intensive care nursing sister, as indicated by the Scope of Practice, regulation
2598, as stated by the South-African Nursing Council sub article 2c: "... the
treatment and care of and the administration of medicine to a patient, including the
monitoring of the patient's vital signs and of his reaction to disease conditions,
trauma, stress, anxiety, medication and treatments..."
The purpose of this study is to explore and describe the effective administering of
intravenous antibiotics in the intensive care units by intensive care nursing sisters,
and based on research results, describe guidelines for the effective administering
of intravenous antibiotics. The research technique was based on a literary investigation, of available literature,
from which criteria was compiled in respect of the effective administering of
intravenous antibiotics in the intensive care units by the intensive care nursing
sisters. A control list was compiled from the criteria, in the available literature, in
respect of the observation and empirical measurements of the effective
administering of intravenous antibiotics in intensive care units by intensive care
nursing sisters.
The conclusion reached is that intravenous antibiotics are not entirely effectively
administered in intensive care units by intensive care nursing sisters. Guidelines and recommendations are proposed for the administering of effective
intravenous antibiotics in intensive care units by intensive care nursing sisters.