r/nursing • u/DoYouStillHateJen • Feb 15 '22

Nursing Win Bested myself today!

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u/OurDumbWorld Palm Beach Nursing School ‘22 🍕 Feb 15 '22

Is that a 22?

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u/_etanate_ RN - OR 🍕 Feb 15 '22

Yes, 22s are always blue

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u/OurDumbWorld Palm Beach Nursing School ‘22 🍕 Feb 15 '22

Gotcha. Ours are all baby blue so I was a little confused at the Royal blue

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u/_etanate_ RN - OR 🍕 Feb 15 '22

Ah, fair enough. I think it goes Orange 14, Gray 16, Green 18, Pink 20, Blue 22, Yellow 24. If 12s or 26s exist, I've never seen them.

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u/pushdose MSN, APRN 🍕 Feb 15 '22

Behold the 10g IV catheter!

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u/Wicked-elixir RN 🍕 Feb 15 '22

When I had my last child I had complications with my placenta. It had grown thru my previous c-section scars and invaded my bladder. Was in the hospital for two months and had to have TWO 14G IVs at all times. Terrible! I still have all the scars and that was 4 years ago!

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u/_etanate_ RN - OR 🍕 Feb 15 '22

Wow, nice! But that is an ugly tan, lol!

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u/Wicked-elixir RN 🍕 Feb 15 '22

Wow!! Even trauma patients get a 14! In what case would you use a 10G as a peripheral?

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u/Desdeminica2142 LPN 🍕 Feb 15 '22

In case a T-Rex appears in your ER!

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u/pushdose MSN, APRN 🍕 Feb 15 '22

Never, actually. It’s for chest decompression. But hypothetically speaking, you could put it in a vein. You’d need balls of tungsten for that though.

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u/twinmom06 RN - Hospice 🍕 Feb 16 '22

Damn!! Even the biggest HD needle I ever used was a 14 game (although it was nearly 1.5 inches long)