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1. IV just stops

   amateurnurse replied to amateurnurse's topic in Infusion

   Hi there, thank you both for your helpful replies. The patient I'm referring to in particular is receiving IVs at home, and is bedbound and very frail, with cold extremities, arguably poor circulation, but not geriatric -- just someone with poor vei...

2. IV just stops

   amateurnurse posted a topic in Infusion

   Hi all, I am trying to give saline IVs to a patient with delicate veins that are difficult to begin with -- but I insert either a butterfly needle or a catheter, get flashback, advance the needle, and the IV starts just fine -- but then stops after o...