Queen Maeve

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1. Alternative sites for peripheral IV access

   Queen Maeve replied to MacDSlim's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I realize you need an MD's order to use an alternative site. I am not diabetic, by the way. But I had a meeting several days before the surgery with the Pre-Op staff, the purpose of which was...

2. Alternative sites for peripheral IV access

   Queen Maeve replied to MacDSlim's topic in General Nursing

   You are quite right. I am not asking for him to perform it without IV access, I am asking him to place the IV in a place other than in one of my arms or hands. Phobias are strange things, they are...

3. Alternative sites for peripheral IV access

   Queen Maeve replied to MacDSlim's topic in General Nursing

   I am not a nurse. However, I have a friend who came to the US as a refugee from Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. She was hit by a bomb when she was 19 years old and both her arms were amputated...