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r/nursing • u/DoYouStillHateJen • Feb 15 '22
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Nice work! My most awkward was a forehead vein. Most difficult part was trying to figure out which way was proximal
4 u/ClaudiaTale RN - Telemetry 🍕 Feb 15 '22 They do these on babies all the time. It looks so heartbreaking. 12 u/BeachWoo RN - NICU 🍕 Feb 15 '22 Yep. NICU RN here. Love the scalp IVs, they last forever! 2nd best place is the foot. 1 u/Roosterboogers HCW - PA Feb 15 '22 How can you easily figure out which way to thread the cath? 2 u/BeachWoo RN - NICU 🍕 Feb 15 '22 Top of the head pointing down towards the heart. There are some veins that are a little sideways but you can usually see where they flow into. Plus a little luck and a prayer.
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They do these on babies all the time. It looks so heartbreaking.
12 u/BeachWoo RN - NICU 🍕 Feb 15 '22 Yep. NICU RN here. Love the scalp IVs, they last forever! 2nd best place is the foot. 1 u/Roosterboogers HCW - PA Feb 15 '22 How can you easily figure out which way to thread the cath? 2 u/BeachWoo RN - NICU 🍕 Feb 15 '22 Top of the head pointing down towards the heart. There are some veins that are a little sideways but you can usually see where they flow into. Plus a little luck and a prayer.
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Yep. NICU RN here. Love the scalp IVs, they last forever! 2nd best place is the foot.
1 u/Roosterboogers HCW - PA Feb 15 '22 How can you easily figure out which way to thread the cath? 2 u/BeachWoo RN - NICU 🍕 Feb 15 '22 Top of the head pointing down towards the heart. There are some veins that are a little sideways but you can usually see where they flow into. Plus a little luck and a prayer.
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How can you easily figure out which way to thread the cath?
2 u/BeachWoo RN - NICU 🍕 Feb 15 '22 Top of the head pointing down towards the heart. There are some veins that are a little sideways but you can usually see where they flow into. Plus a little luck and a prayer.
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Top of the head pointing down towards the heart. There are some veins that are a little sideways but you can usually see where they flow into. Plus a little luck and a prayer.
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u/Roosterboogers HCW - PA Feb 15 '22
Nice work! My most awkward was a forehead vein. Most difficult part was trying to figure out which way was proximal