IV experience

My hospital has a dedicated IV team, so most floor nurses don't place IVs. I've been in critical care for 3 1/2 years and it's still my least proficient skill. What about following someone in the ED, same day surgery or OB? I don't know of any classes, it's just a practice thing I think. Good luck!

IV placement policies vary so much place to place. Some hospitals or some floors within the hospital all nurses  do their own. Some places have a dedicated IV team so floor nurses rarely if ever place IV's. 

Where I live both hospital systems use IV teams, student nurses were absolutely never allowed to place them so the only IV training I ever had was a fake arm with beet juice in the fake veins for blood.  I never have worked in acute care so in 25+ years of nursing I've placed exactly one IV. Weird, huh? 

If you are in a  place where you need to master the skill start with watching some tutorials, there's probably plenty on Youtube. You could then ask to shadow a day or even just a few hours on a unit where nurses place IV's frequently. Pre-surgery or an infusion clinic seem like good options for places with tons of standard IV placement so you wouldn't be observing those IV's in a setting where getting that IV in is a hurried, stressful situations. 

For blood draws  same thing with finding some video tutorials. Then ask to shadow the lab for a little while. I'm sure the phlebotomists there would be happy to teach a nurse a few tricks. 

Best way to learn IVs is to do them.  Do as many as you can.  Tell all the RNs around you each shift if they have an IV that you would like to do them.  Sad to say but best patients to learn on are the ones who are already sedated.