Just a really quick question: when you were in nursing school, were you required to wear goggles when putting in IV catheters?
Another question: does your facility require you to wear goggles when putting in IV catheters or venous blood sticks?
I find the goggles that our nursing school requires to be very cumbersome, oftentimes falling down the face, getting in the way, or obscuring one's view. It definitely is a detriment to an already stressed student.
Does anyone have a link for standards of care for putting in IV catheters (whether goggles are even required)? I went to the Infusion Nurses Society to do a quick check on suggested standards, but was unable to get any information online (I will need to purchase their book).
No policy for goggles in any of my clinical or teaching postitions-we don't let nursing students do IV sticks anyway. I have never seen that in any policy and have worked in 3 different facilities in last few years.
Did once wish I had an umbrella back in the mid 80's when a resident was debriding a patient's leg I was holding and hit a femoral artery(quite the mess!!! :p ) though. I would go to CDC website and search for any protocol they recommend.
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No policy for goggles in any of my clinical or teaching postitions-we don't let nursing students do IV sticks anyway. I have never seen that in any policy and have worked in 3 different facilities in last few years.
Did once wish I had an umbrella back in the mid 80's when a resident was debriding a patient's leg I was holding and hit a femoral artery(quite the mess!!!
:p ) though. I would go to CDC website and search for any protocol they recommend.