IV therapy

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I have worked as an RN for 1.5 years in a busy Med surg unit. I have been interested in working as a Hospice nurse. There is a position posted in our local paper - the ad states must have IV skills. What does this mean? Do hospice patients have peripheral IV's? That is my worry because inserting IV's is my downfall. Or, is it mostly PICC's, vas caths etc.

Specializes in med surg, oncology, hospice last 4 yrs.

We hardly ever use IV access at our hospice. With all the other routes of medication admin, we seldom need to.

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