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    “Factores que influyen en la aparición de flebitis en adultos mayores en el área de clínica del hospital general Latacunga.”
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato - Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud - Carrera de Enfermería, 2018-10-01) Chancusig Lumania, Lizet Estefania; Gavilanes Fray, Verónica Del Pilar Lcda. Esp.
    The main objective of this research project is to determine the factors that influence the appearance of phlebitis in older adults in order not to cause harm to the patient who is hospitalized and to provide quality care that the nurse must perform in her art. take care of your neighbor In view of this, the present investigation is carried out on the Factors that influence the appearance of phlebitis in older adults in the clinic area of the General Hospital Latacunga said study is transversal, descriptive and bibliographic because it is done in a period of time which comprises April - August 2018 and the information gathered for the development of the same is based on books and scientific journals. Regarding the population chosen to perform the study were the nursing professionals who work in said health house, for this was taken as a sample to nurses who provide direct care to the patient in the area of internal medicine, surgery and emergency with a number of 41 people who were surveyed and an observation guide was applied obtaining the following results: a major cause for the development of phlebitis is the inadequate dilution of the medication that will be administered to the patient, representing 78% , another factor with relevance is that the nursing staff does not have sufficient knowledge regarding the importance of a correct dilution for any type of intravenous medication that will be applied according to medical indication reporting with 85%, on the other hand with a percentage of 88%. Reflects that antibiotics are a cause for the development of phlebitis in older adults and uida of it we have the epileptics with 12%. These are the data that was obtained from the survey and observation guide, this concludes the importance of having a correct dilution to the medication at least if they are antibiotics must be careful because some are very irritating that in addition to causing a phlebitis can complicate and endanger the life of the patient since our work is aimed at direct care and meet the needs of the client for his prompt recovery.