Mel1234

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1. IV Therapy Team Formation

   Mel1234 replied to optutree's topic in Infusion

   I also found this article online that might be useful. http://www.froedtert.com/PDF/Vascular.PDF

2. Differences in IV (teams) across floors/hospitals/regions

   Mel1234 replied to Mel1234's topic in Infusion

   So it seems that IV teams, when present, are generally only used for difficult sticks? Is there anyone out there whose hospital always uses an IV team rather than having floor nurses do the IVs? Maybe like a Children's hospital?

3. Differences in IV (teams) across floors/hospitals/regions

   Mel1234 posted a topic in Infusion

   I am curious about the presence of IV teams. It seems that there are many variations on who administers IVs based on department, hospital, and region. For example, I have heard that L&D, Surg, and ER nurses tend to put in their own IVs because of...