Is it appropriate when IV access is hard to find to place IVs in breast tissue? I am not able to find this any where in the INS standards and really question if this is appropriate. Would appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance.
Is it appropriate when IV access is hard to find to place IVs in breast tissue? I am not able to find this any where in the INS standards and really question if this is appropriate. Would appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance.
Hard to argue with this!!
Thanks Lynn!
http://www.hadawayassociates.com/1/post/2015/03/chest-wall-veins-for-per...
Keith W. Gilchrist, MSN, RN, PHN, OCN, CRNI, VA-BC
Oncology Nurse Navigator, David Grant Medical Center
Travis AFB, CA
Thanks Keith for the compliment. In my opinion, it is totally wrong, wrong, wrong to use visible chest, breast, or abdominal wall veins for insertion of a PIV. Many reasons, and chief among them is a total lack of evidence on their use. With so much visualziation technology now available - nIR and US - there is no excuse to use these veins. Read my blog post for more. Lynn
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com
Office Phone 770-358-7861
Thanks so much for the information- very helpful and have shared the blog with everyone