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It all depends on where you work and the hospitals policy. As an LPN (your old SEN) in one province I can adminster IV drugs, the one I currently live in lets me hand fluids (NS etc) only.
Many places I've worked had IV teams who were RN's who started all the IVs for a certain area of the hospital.
I'm eligible to take a course to start IV's in patients but haven't bothered because my employers wouldn't let me use it.
At my school we do all IV stuff in our 2nd semester. We can give IV push, IVPB, Start Peripheral IVs, give meds and flushes through central lines. Our instructor is there watching while we do all this. We can't give any central line meds in our peds class but that the hospital policy not the school's (and they're looking at changing the policy) We can do blood draws too.
sofaraway04
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I was just wondering if you guys that are training in the US (or anywhere else) are allowed to give IV drugs, and take blood?
in the UK we are not allowed to. all we are allowed to do is put up fluids. We can draw up IV drugs but not administer. IV and taking bloods/canulating are post-registration courses.