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Thank you for your support. I did use my pen light, but with dad holding the child and the child's legs in between the dad's and the child uncooperative because he was afraid of us and the IV board on the bottom of the foot, assessment was hard. I have gone over this a million times, what I could have done different, what I didn't do, what I should have done, and on and on. The only thing I can do is pray that the child has no lasting effects, and educate myself more about IV infiltration's a learn from my mistake. I just hope I don't lose my job. You would think after 23 years that I would known everything about IV infiltration.

Thank you for that. They don't know yet if he will need skin grafts but by the next morning it was red not white anymore but with some blistering. All that was running in it was his maintenance.

I am a 23 year peds nurse. I work nights. I had a toddler with an IV in his foot, it was heavily taped. All I could see was a small window at the insertion site and his toes. He slept in the parents arms all night. I assessed the IV every hour, I palpated it, he never flinched in pain when I touched it, it was soft, in the dark I thought it was pink. I thought I did everything right. But when I came back the next night, I found out it had infiltrated to a Grade IV. I apologized to the parents and they were very gracious. I may lose my job. The hospital hasn't decided yet. This happened 2 days ago. I can't eat, I can't sleep, I feel beyond horrible. I don't know how I'm going to get past this. I really need some support, but I am not allowed to talk about the incident, per hospital policy.