IvnurseAmanda

IvnurseAmanda has 7 years experience.

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1. IV Therapy skills taught in school?

   IvnurseAmanda replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Nursing

   i have checked with my universities irb/human subject's research department, we are all in agreement that this was and is considered a professional inquiry. i would need irb approval if i were "systematically" surveying and/or collecting "raw data" ...

2. Air in IV flush syringe??

   IvnurseAmanda replied to samiam4's topic in General Nursing

   Couldn't have said it better myself! I tell the same scenario (bubble study) to all my students :)

3. New RN job... NO orientation!!!

   IvnurseAmanda replied to Epona's topic in New Nurse

   Why aren't you using the bloodless IV catheter system Nexiva? No need for manipulation to attach tubing....no blood bath!

4. Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

   IvnurseAmanda replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

   Oh lord stop it w/ the I/O. So many better ways to place intravenous access than DRILLING into someones bone! Have you ever had to remove one? Have you had to take care of a little girl after an amputation because of an I/O placed in the ED? Seriousl...

5. IV Therapy skills taught in school?

   IvnurseAmanda replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Nursing

   Where is here? Haven't heard of pharmacies providing IV therapy training..

6. IV Therapy skills taught in school?

   IvnurseAmanda replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Nursing

   no i am not doing human subject's research...i am asking a question to the public to obtain some relevant background information for my project, which is to develop an iv therapy curriculum. i would move the post but i don't know how, since i have ...

7. IV therapy skills in nursing school...do they still exist?

   IvnurseAmanda replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Students

   But you were not allowed to practice on each other? Did you want to before you did one on a patient?

8. IV Therapy skills taught in school?

   IvnurseAmanda posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello fellow nurses, I am taking a general poll to find out who had an IV therapy class IN nursing school? Did you practice on each other? What year was this? Which state or country? If you didn't have an IV therapy class (where you got to pracitce ...

9. IV therapy skills in nursing school...do they still exist?

   IvnurseAmanda posted a topic in General Students

   Hello Nursing students, I am taking a quick poll to find out the trend of teaching IV therapy skills in nursing school. I am currently a nursing school instructor finishing my own Masters project on the subject of IV therapy. I am wondering if any o...

10. How to thank nurses who were helpful at clinical?

    IvnurseAmanda replied to Clovery's topic in General Students

    I got so excited to write my answer when I read the title of your thread...to find out I share the same thought as all of the other replies here! A wonderful hand written note is so much more personal than anything else. It will always stick with tha...