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1. Is using lidocaine really effective during venipunture?

   digger replied to digger's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for helping out you all!

2. Nursing Shortage?

   digger replied to Pupnshnooter's topic in General Nursing

   I agree it depends on what some nurses are willing to put up with. I, for example, used to work on a medical-surgical floor where the patient/nurse ratio wasn't bad (believe it or not), lots of technology, and pretty good pay. The reason I ended up...

3. Is using lidocaine really effective during venipunture?

   digger posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a fairly new nurse that has transferred to a different organization whose policy is to use lidocaine transdermally before perpherial IV insertion. Is this really effective because I have never done this before and it seems like it is more work ...