I should add that while I am not a nurse, the hospital system I work for regularly uses PCT staff who are properly trained to start IV's as well as remove
The last time I had an IV in, the RN butchered me. Finally the phebotomist popped in to get my blood, only to find that access wasnt there. She took the tray from the nurse and had the line in...
It's funny you all talk about nurse job saturation in Pittsburgh. I'm not an RN (yet). Low skill support jobs are pretty much nonexistent right now, whereas there are over 150 nursing jobs available...