Have you INS members received your new INS standards? I got mine
today. Check the Documentation standard #14 on page S22 Practice
Criteria #5 which states "Identification of the insertion site by
anatomical descriptors, landmarks, or appropriately marked drawings."
Lynn
At 5:00 PM -0500 1/23/06, DS BROADHURST wrote:
Sorry I don't have a diagram for you but I commend you for implementing this. Sue Masoorli, legal consultant, emphasized at the recent AVA presentation, the need for all nurses inserting IVs to document the name of the vein, be it a peripheral or central line. "(R) lower forearm" is not acceptable. It is the nurse's responsibility to be aware of the venous anatomy & document such. (Thanks Sue- very informative session!)
Daphne Broadhurst, RN
Ottawa, Ontario
Freda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am looking for an image to use on our new peripheral IV flowsheet.
I need a simple diagram of hand and arm veins that will serve to
identify the vein used for documentation purposes. My searches have
not been fruitful.
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Freda Seddon, RN
Victorian Order of Nurses,
Peterborough, Ontario
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Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RNC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
126 Main Street, PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
http://www.hadawayassociates.com
office 770-358-7861
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
126 Main Street, PO Box 10
Milner, GA 30257
http://www.hadawayassociates.com
office 770-358-7861
