Today is IV Nurse Day!!
It’s IV Nurse Day! Let’s have a virtual celebration and share your best and/or worst experience/stories about infusion therapy and vascular access devices.
What’s in the IV medication bag?
I came across a very unfortunate incident while reading a pharmacy colleague Jerry Fahrni’s (@jfahrni) blog post: ” CSP error results in death of a patient” The post was about a medication error at a hospital in Oregon. According to news reports, a woman arrived for treatment in the emergency department (ED) following brain surgery that…
Q&A: Blood Draw from PIV
Q: Can a nurse ever draw blood from a PIV after it has been in situ? Or should that only be done at the time of insertion? A: Yes, a nurse can draw blood from an existing peripheral IV and at the time of insertion. But as simple as it sounds, there are several factors…
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