I feel a little behind ...and the scary part is i'm in my last semester. I was supposed to record my patient's IV intake (for I&O's). The pump said VLTI, and I thought that was volume left to be in infused. This was a 1,000 ml bag of 0.9% NS. It looked like it had about 300 ml left. On the pump, it also said "VLTI: 300 ml" (300 something, whatever). All I know is I told her there was 300 ml left, so the intake must have been 700 ml intake since the infusion started. She said that the number I saw was the amount that has been infused. It was a 1000 ml bag..this doesn't make sense. I asked if the nurses reset the pump everytime they check I&O, to keep a more accurate hourly intake? I believe my professor responded "no".. unless I misheard her. She seems like she wants to fail me, so i didn't question her again or the floor nurses, or even the other students in my group. I should just ask another student in my nursing class, but any clarification would be great!
Thank you