Infusion Therapy
I'm running out of everything now. Out of veins, out of money - William S Burroughs
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Gloves...
Yeah, this post is about gloves. I’m going to revisit this…not wearing gloves when starting a peripheral IV.. Then there’s the extreme, when healthcare providers wear gloves for everything like taking your blood pressure and temperature!! (save this for another time)
We should all know about Universal Precautions, right? It has been around since 1983, and if you have no idea what it is, please go to our trusty friend, Google. Wear gloves when starting peripheral IVs – this is NOT optional. We all know we must wear gloves, but why are there still nurses who know they should and won’t? They have their “excuses” and it’s not due to lack of knowledge regarding the federal mandate, it’s…
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Not the same…
Why is it that patients, as well as others who work in our industry, even doctors and nurses, think that infusion nurses do the same job as phlebotomists? Is it because both do venipunctures? Such sterotype and it’s time to stop thinking they are even remotely similar.
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Tips to improve IV insertion skills
Here are some tips I find helpful when peripheral veins are hard to find.
Gloves...
Yeah, this post is about gloves. I’m going to revisit this…not wearing gloves when starting a peripheral IV.. Then there’s the extreme, when healthcare providers wear gloves for everything like taking your blood pressure and temperature!! (save this for another time)
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Vascular access congress for professionals.
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Hi, I'm Cindi, RN, MSN, VA-BC (Board certified in vascular access), professor, camp nurse. I'm here to discuss everything related to vascular access, from PICC lines to short peripheral IVs to the dreaded (albeit VASTLY important) CLABSI.
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