Skills required for starting an IV

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Many students are nervous about starting IV's, especially for the first time. This educational video shows the skill and proper techniques required for starting an IV. Rationale is given for the various steps required.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Emergency, CEN.

This is painful to watch!

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Specializes in tele, med/surg, step down.

The educational value was good but time consuming ! Thanks for post, Im always looking for videos to share with nursing students.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.

Me too, on adults and peds.

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Personally, I LOVE the chlorhexadine swab sticks....just squeeze in the wings and scrub away. And a thorough scrubbing with alcohol pads works well, too.

As for the gauge, I agree that smaller is better. However, students should keep in mind that policy may differ from facility to facility. I know as a student myself, one hospital group required that anyone who may receive blood had to have a 20g or larger

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Specializes in ICU + Infection Prevention.
RBC is approximately 22ga in diameter and can lyse the cell.

22ga ~ 413μm internal diameter

Erythrocyte ~ 6-9μm diameter

Larger or smaller RBCs are macrocytic or microcytic.

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