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40 years of INS
The Infusion Nurses Society (INS) is celebrating its 40th year as the premier organization for infusion nurses. Through the years, this organization has gone through many changes, a name change from N… more →
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40 years of INS
wrote 2 days ago: The Infusion Nurses Society (INS) is celebrating its 40th year as the premier organization for infus … more →
Q&A: PIV and Blood Return
wrote 6 days ago: Q: If I don’t get a blood return when checking a PIV for patency before administering an IV, does th … more →
MAY: reasons to celebrate
wrote 2 weeks ago: There’s a lot of reasons to love the month of May. The weather is warmer, flowers begin to bur … more →
Q&A: Bevel up or down
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I am always delighted to get IV questions from colleagues on social networks. Occasionally, I post t … more →
PIV Catheter Gauge selection
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wrote 1 month ago: The goal when selecting the proper gauge of an peripheral IV catheter is to ensure that the best dev … more →
Celebrate March 19 Certified Nurses Day
wrote 2 months ago: A registered nurse (RN) license allows nurses to practice. Certification affirms advanced knowledge, … more →
RNs mixing IV medications
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wrote 2 months ago: A nurse colleague started a new job as an infusion nurse for a physician office based practice offer … more →
Q&A - Implanted Venous Ports
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wrote 3 months ago: Recently, I have had a few questions regarding implanted ports so I decided to post it here in the s … more →
It's Q&A Time.....
wrote 3 months ago: On a regular basis, I get questions from readers and from Twitter colleagues. Here are some of the Q … more →
R-E-S-P-E-C-T....PIV
wrote 4 months ago: Peripheral IV (PIV) placement is one of the common IV procedures performed by nurses (and other heal … more →
It's that time of year....
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wrote 4 months ago: December 25…a day to celebrate Christmas or that special holiday you celebrate! Many people ar … more →
Nurses and Off Label Drug Use
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wrote 5 months ago: At a recent meeting, I was asked by an RN what her liability is if she administered an approved int … more →
Giving thanks once again..
wrote 5 months ago: I must say this year really went by so fast and it’s Thanksgiving once again. Thanksgiving Da … more →
VAD Stabilization
wrote 6 months ago: According to the INS Standards of Practice, stabilization of vascular access devices shall be used t … more →
Just another day...
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wrote 6 months ago: I am very grateful that we only got rain, cold temperatures and high winds where I reside, but I was … more →
DC a CVAD...
wrote 7 months ago: as in discontinuing (removal) a central venous access device. Certainly, many of us have discontinue … more →
IV policies and procedures..
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wrote 8 months ago: ..many facilities/organizations have them, some don’t. Many nurses know what their IV policies … more →
The Magical 3...
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wrote 9 months ago: Nope, it’s not about the three magi, triple crown or the blessed trinity. It’s about thi … more →
Got Pain? There's IV Acetaminophen for that...
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wrote 11 months ago: Yes, if you haven’t heard yet, that over the counter acetaminophen in a bottle you have in you … more →
