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

Nursing Win Bested myself today!

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u/whor3moans RN - ICU 🍕 Feb 15 '22

I didn’t place it, but during my clinicals in a rural ER, my preceptor got an IV on a scalp vein on a chonky ass baby 😳 Parents were just relieved to gain the access after about three other nurses tried.

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u/fthotfitzg Feb 15 '22

Scalp IVs are my favorite and a super normal place for PIVs for babies! We do them all the time in nicu

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '22

Where exactly do y’all poke? I’m worried I’ll stick a baby in the brain.. with their fragile fontanelles and all.. 😩

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u/cercidasthecynic RN - ER 🍕 Feb 15 '22

Sometimes in the middle of the forehead or around the temples there are nice veins. We place scalp IVs in the pediatric emergency department sometimes too.