title: Teaching patients about their short peripheral I.V. catheters.
authors.affiliation: Sharon Spencer is a clinical instructor at the College of Nursing of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Ala., and Patricia Gilliam is a staff nurse and weekend charge nurse at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Ala.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gilliam
mesh_terms: D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012956:Societies, Nursing