IV skills practice

Nurses General Nursing

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  1. Do you live in Florida and would you pay to practice IV/phlebotomy/port access skills?

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      Yes
    • 5
      No
    • 1
      Maybe

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Would you pay $20/half hour - $40/hour to practice IV insertion, port access, injection, and dressing change skills? I am a hospice field nurse and was hired without hospital experience. I work for a great company but even with an education department time is very limited for me to just practice at length. I would pay to be able to practice certain skills I have never done on a real person. I feel much better after having practiced with the supplies that are used such as Huber needles and assembling an IV device relating to inserting IVs. Knowing the steps are different than having to put the parts together without practice. When I was in nursing school lab hours were limited and many students just played around wasting time. I'm not sure if all nursing labs fall under this situation too. Do you live in Florida and would this be something you would use?

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Specializes in Ambulatory Case Management, Clinic, Psychiatry.

Is the company u work for in charge of this program? If so, they should not be charging you to hone a job required skill

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Specializes in PCCN.

I dont work in florida, but I would pay someone if they could get me to do IVs successfully.

I completely suck at them, and have had others try to figure out why I suck so bad.

Although if doing all the other IV skills( ports, etc) I would expect the employer to train me on that stuff, if it will be part of the job.

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