Absolutely!! Lynn
At 4:09 PM -0500 3/9/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ann, I concur---
I taught a 30 hr required IV course for LPNs in LTC required by the
board of nursing in FL. Every class the LPNs would ask--do the RNs
know this? I had a few RNs take my class, but many facilities would
pay for the LPNs to take it, but not the RNs because it was not a
requirement.
I wish it was----to many RNs learn by example on the job, and those
setting the example learned from someone else, etc. And no one
knows proper techniques, the "why" behind it, the difference between
infiltration and phlebitis, etc. This reason alone is why we need
dedicated IV teams, staffed by CRNIs in every hospital, and LTC
facility.....
Chris Cavanaugh, CRNI
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynn Hadaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, March 9, 2006 10:46 am
Subject: Question for a colleague
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am posting this question for a nursing colleague doing some
research. Thanks, Lynn
The Situation: New nurses, on a national level, are lacking the
ability to perform many basic nursing skills when hired.
Controversy
also exists as to whether starting an IV is considered a basic
nursing skill and whethe! r IV inse
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Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RNC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
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