This is a silly question but I can't seem to figure it out....
At my clinical site, we flush peripheral IVs with prefilled 3 mL NS syringes
Now, I have used 5 mL and 10 mL when appropriate in other instances and never had this problem but for some reason with the 3 mL everytime I try to push the air bubble out, I push about half the NS out of the syringe! It happens every time no matter how gentle or slow I try to push! I asked my instructor if there's a little trick to this and she said it just takes practice. She laughs at me every time I do it. lol It's not a big deal but I'd like to know how to do it without wasting 1.5 mL of NS every time!
