One of the patient's central lines pulled out and the surgeon couldn't come replace it right away. So...I finally got to start an IV. 0 Likes
krenee Feb 28, 2009 Good for you! We don't learn this in nursing school, and I can't decide whether I'm looking forward to it, or dreading it. Both, I think! My preceptorship is in the NICU and for sure I don't think I can start IVs in there - can you imagine those tiny tiny veins? 0 Likes
Roy Fokker, BSN, RN Specializes in ER/Trauma. Feb 28, 2009 Congrats! :)May it be the first of many hundreds of successful IV starts to come cheers, 0 Likes
blondy2061h, MSN, RN Specializes in Oncology. Has 15 years experience. Feb 28, 2009 Congrats! :)May it be the first of many hundreds of successful IV starts to come cheers,Lol, probably not, if it took me 9 months to have my first need to start one 0 Likes
blondy2061h, MSN, RN Specializes in Oncology. Has 15 years experience. Feb 28, 2009 Good for you! We don't learn this in nursing school, and I can't decide whether I'm looking forward to it, or dreading it. Both, I think! My preceptorship is in the NICU and for sure I don't think I can start IVs in there - can you imagine those tiny tiny veins?You may be like me and never get to start them. I didn't get to do them in school and have no real need to at work. 0 Likes
hypocaffeinemia, BSN, RN Specializes in Critical Care. Feb 28, 2009 Good for you! We don't learn this in nursing school, and I can't decide whether I'm looking forward to it, or dreading it. Both, I think! My preceptorship is in the NICU and for sure I don't think I can start IVs in there - can you imagine those tiny tiny veins?Why don't you learn an essential nursing skill in nursing school? 0 Likes
Aneroo, LPN Specializes in Cath Lab, OR, CPHN/SN, ER. Feb 28, 2009 Why don't you learn an essential nursing skill in nursing school? Some schools leave it to the facility to teach this once orientation begins (don't know if it is school or hospital policy).WTG on the line! 0 Likes
Roy Fokker, BSN, RN Specializes in ER/Trauma. Feb 28, 2009 Lol, probably not, if it took me 9 months to have my first need to start one Hey, at least now you won't be caught ala "deer in the headlights" when you have to start an IV on some one in the future :)'Never discount experience' cheers, 0 Likes
melz34 Specializes in paediatric and trauma. Has 3 years experience. Feb 28, 2009 I have started 2 ivs in my job so far congratulations on your first successful IV Edited Feb 28, 2009 by melz34 spelt IV wrong 0 Likes
WalkieTalkie, RN Specializes in CVICU. Feb 28, 2009 Congrats, it will only get easier from here! Well, most of the time anyway, but the first time is always the worst! 0 Likes
Multicollinearity, BSN, RN Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student. Has 4 years experience. Feb 28, 2009 Congratulations!!! Starting my first IV was a blissful experience. Literally... 0 Likes
blondy2061h, MSN, RN Specializes in Oncology. Has 15 years experience. Feb 28, 2009 Why don't you learn an essential nursing skill in nursing school? One of the healthcare systems had too many complaints from patients and banned students from trying it in clinicals there. The other big system in this area has an IV team that does IV starts. The opportunity was never there at clinicals, and letting us practice on each other was strictly against school policy. I kept hearing, "You'll learn it in orientation," but working in BMT, we rarely use peripheral IVs and I never did learn it. 0 Likes
whipping girl in 07, RN Specializes in ICU, nutrition. Has 7 years experience. Feb 28, 2009 I started one IV in nursing school, and very few in the ICU. Just no opportunities. Now I only work PRN, but I'm better at IVs now than I was when I worked in there full-time! How weird is that?? 0 Likes
Multicollinearity, BSN, RN Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student. Has 4 years experience. Mar 1, 2009 One of the healthcare systems had too many complaints from patients and banned students from trying it in clinicals there. The other big system in this area has an IV team that does IV starts. The opportunity was never there at clinicals, and letting us practice on each other was strictly against school policy. I kept hearing, "You'll learn it in orientation," but working in BMT, we rarely use peripheral IVs and I never did learn it.Wow, I continue to be grateful for my nursing school experience. We were starting IVs and giving IV push meds in second semester. 0 Likes
