msmcrn

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1. Pediatric IV Infiltrate

   msmcrn replied to cchsmp1999's topic in General Nursing

   only 6cc went in. the preop ABx was a small dose for the baby. i will never forget this situation and i know that i can only learn from it and it will force me to monitor every PIV site i have.

2. Pediatric IV Infiltrate

   msmcrn replied to cchsmp1999's topic in General Nursing

   this just happened to me last night/this morning. i had been running D5W 1/2 NS + 20meq of KCl over 6 hrs while she was NPO. we found that the IV was badly infiltrated after i had started vanco, just half of the dose went in. i keep thinking about th...