EDUCATIONAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• List the possible roles and responsibilities of the home infusion nurse during drug shortages.
• Name 5 IV drugs or ingredients that are currently or have recently been in shortage.
• List 5 ways a patient’s care plan may be affected by a change in therapy caused by a drug shortage.
• Describe 3 different approaches to first dosing used by home infusion providers when making therapeutic substitutions because of a drug shortage.