An action taken by a health care worker or team on a delirious patient that defies a patient's verbally stated wishes at that moment.
From the latin roots "serv" (serve) and "angio" (
blood vessels) meaning literally "to serve the
blood vessels." This term comes from the fact that while the patient's brain is not being satisfied, his/her medical needs or "
blood vessels" are. Blood vessels are named here because the term was originally associated with IVs.
The insertion of this IV is servangio because this patient doesn't want it.
Restraining a delirious patient is an example of servangio.
Nurse, please give her this
medicine servangio.
Patient: "I want a drink of water."
Nurse: "You have an NPO order. Even if you want it, I cannot give it to you as servangio."