Monthly Archives: February 2011
The Phlebitis Scale does mean something..
Nurses know that phlebitis is the inflammation of the vein and is considered an adverse patient outcome. Vascular access sites should be routinely assessed for signs and symptoms of phlebitis , as well as the severity of phlebitis. According to … Continue reading
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Survey Results: Standards of Practice
Here are the results of the survey from a previous post “Take our survey: Standards of Practice”. Q1 Are you aware that there is a Standard of Practice for Infusion Nursing? n=75 Yes: 82.5% No: 17.65% Q2 If you … Continue reading
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Where’s the IV site???
It’s an interesting question and more interesting is how different nurses describe their documentation of an IV start. A few nursing colleagues on IVchat said: (thanks, twitter buddies) “created stamp for chart that identifies size, site, no. of attempts, time … Continue reading
