I actually don't mind the craziness of the floor I work on. But, there is one thing that brings me so much terror and it is starting IVs. I only started 3 so far and I have almost worked as a new nurse for a year. Two of those IV starts were under the supervision of another nurse. I only successfully started one last week on my own and it was the smallest gauge possible (24!). Though, she was a hard stick.
We never practiced starting IVs in nursing school. I am the type of person who needs to practice, practice, practice my clinical skills.
Does anyone have any tips or pointers? Any basic tip would be helpful! A number of times I was able to get some blood return but then it was infiltrated.