Starting an IV: Expectation VS Reality 🤪#nurseinthemaking #nursingschool

Expectation vs. Reality 🙄

How to work with those small stubborn veins:

Sometimes the veins need help getting nice and plump. Especially for those patients with small and fragile veins.
💉Applying heat: Dilates the veins
💉Gravity: Increases blood flow to the area
💉Lightly tapping the vein: NOT slapping or flicking the vein!

#startinganIV #veins #pharmacology #nursingnotes #nurseinthemaking #healthcare #bsn #RN #rninthemaking #veins #IV #nursingschoolclinicals

NURSING SCHOOL STUDY GUIDES: 🧠
– The Complete Nursing School Bundle –

– Nursing School Study Guides –

– FREE Guides–

– Website –

STAY IN TOUCH💛

A message from Kristine, founder of NurseInTheMaking📣
My name is Kristine and I survived nursing school…and you can too!
Nurse In The Making was inspired during my time in nursing school. I immediately struggled and decided to create my own study guides. These guides have helped me personally as well as many others make nursing school just a little more manageable.I hope you find comfort knowing that everyone struggles at times. Nursing school is emotionally and physically draining. I hope these informative, clean, and simple guides help you navigate through all the information because there is A LOT of it in nursing school.

Happy Studying Future Nurses. Don't forget to enjoy the journey!

[aliiisolarzano]

Does anyone have any tips? I’m just barely starting out and I’m having so much trouble with inserting I.Vs because most people have such difficult veins. I find myself just inserting blindly half of the time 😭

[hopeebrown]

It helps to use a pressure bandage or blood pressure cuff vs a tourniquet.