Do Nurses Do IV Therapy in Jails and Prisons?

We all know that IV therapy can be  provided in all healthcare settings – acute, long term, outpatient, homecare, physician’s offices, free standing infusion centers, and many more.  Do you ever wonder,  like I do if and  how IV therapy is provided in jails and prisons?  Well, find out from the expert,  fellow nurse blogger…

A love affair with all things bloody…

… bloody, as in blood return… which, to an infusion nurse is truly exhilarating! When I am challenged to insert a 24g peripheral IV catheter in a tiny, invisible vein of a dehydrated infant, I jump for joy as I watch anxiously for the blood return and pray that blood continues to backflow as I…

When “self-disclosure” becomes a risk…

..for those RN’s with a “history” of past disciplinary actions from the State Board of Nursing.  I have to give credit to the RN’s who are honest enough to disclose such information, even if not on their records anymore and feel sorry that many seeking career advancement in nursing are not given the chance. Here’s…