As on O.R. nurse, how often do you start IV's?

[mikethern]

As on O.R. nurse, how often do you start IV's?

[zerby1470]

As a general rule or OR nurses place IV's in ped's patients once under the influence of anesthesia. The ones that I work with are skilled in this area. All other IV;s are started in pre op holding prior to entering the OR.

[land64shark]

As a general rule or OR nurses place IV's in ped's patients once under the influence of anesthesia. The ones that I work with are skilled in this area.

I'm in a peds hospital and anesthesia or the anesthesia tech usually handles the IV insertion. A few of the RN's will do it once in a while.

[zerby1470]

We are a local hospital, not peds specific. Outside of ENT day, we do not see a lot of pediatric patients. The adults get their IV's from pre-op nurses, or floor nurses. YMMV.

[ewattsjt]

Same as Zerby for here.

[RNOTODAY, BSN, RN]

Where I used to work, the OR nurse generally never did......The IV's were always started by anesthesia in holding.

However, when I was assigned to peds, I used to start them alot for the anest docs because I was a NICU nurse and used to the tiny veins on the little kiddos......But all places are different.....

[meandragonbrett]

Anesthesia starts them.

[Jarnaes]

Where I worked the IVs were started by the nurses in the ambulatory surgery area.

[shodobe]

I use to start IVs on alot of Peds patients and a few adults. We still start some once in awhile when anesthesia needs one and doesn't feel comfortable passing off the airway to one of us while he tries.

[Scrubby]

I never have to start an IV or even worry about it. It's the anaesthetist or anaesthetic nurses job...

[sandiegojames]

I haven't started any IVs as an RN since working in th OR. Anesthesia wants to start them or sometimes the pre op holding nurse starts one if the patient needs fluids prior to anesthesia seeing the patient. It's too bad because it's a skill I'd like to maintain.

[MamaCheese]

Never. They are started by the holding area nurses or anesthesia/crna.