This is addressed by Ann Marie Frey from CHOP in the Pediatric
chapter of the INS textbook. Lynn
At 9:50 AM -0400 6/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi to all of you-hope you have pleasant summer breezes where you are. It is H-O-T-T here
(southwest USA)-- have a question-have been asked to provide guidance to a Pediatric Nursing Manager who is deliberating a change in their policy to allow scalp IVs as a back-up site for peripheral IV placements. Many facilities here, because of a past history littered with incidents of osteomyelitis of the skull in young babies have made the scalp taboo. I have looked in my references, and as a mother I know what I would tell someone who suggested putting an IV in my baby's head-but I can't find much information or guidance in the journals about this process-any ideas out there? The INS Standards don't mention scalp IVs in their Standard about sites-but they don't preclude it either. Thanks in advance for any morsel you can toss my way-Kathy Mohn-Las Vegas
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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
