aleanth

aleanth has 15 years experience and specializes in PICU, Peds open heart,Transport, NICU.

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1. Intravenous blood draws

   aleanth replied to aleanth's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   basically i have some resistance from nurses about drawing from PIV's. There is not a lot of literature about it, the infusion nursing standards for 2006 mention to only use it on the initial...

2. Intravenous blood draws

   aleanth posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Hello this is my first thread, just curious if anyone is drawing blood samples from PIV's in kids. Obviously, there are certain criteria but just curious.

3. Rule of three

   aleanth replied to RaggedyRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   I am pretty certain JCAHO does not approve of that any longer. Personally i was never fond of the whole rule of 3 or