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v FAST FACTS for NURSES ABOUT HOME INFUSION THERAPY

vi Lisa A. Gorski, MS, RN, HHCNS-BC, CRNI, FAAN, is a clinical nurse specialist at Wheaton Franciscan Home Health & Hospice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her previous positions include surgical intensive care unit nurse and educator and adjunct faculty and clinical faculty member, University of Wisconsin. Ms. Gorski served as president of the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) 20072008, chaired the committee for the 2011 and 2016 INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, and serves on the editorial board for Home Healthcare Now. She has published three books about home infusion therapy: High Tech Home Care Manual (1994), Best Practices in Home Infusion Therapy (1999), and Pocket Guide to Home Infusion Therapy (2005). Ms. Gorski is also coauthor of Manual of IV Therapeutics: Evidence-Based Practice for Infusion Therapy, Sixth Edition (2014). She is serving as the 20172019 Chair for the Infusion Nurses Certification Corporation and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She speaks nationally and internationally, addressing standards development, home health care, and home infusion therapy.

vii FAST FACTS for NURSES ABOUT HOME INFUSION THERAPY

The Experts Best-Practice Guide in a Nutshell

Lisa A. Gorski, MS, RN, HHCNS-BC, CRNI, FAAN

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