tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34931930.post2526202785556705953..comments2023-11-02T01:37:56.811-07:00Comments on Student Nurse Molly, RN: IV Starts L and D StyleMollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05659575803257262306noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34931930.post-86674128559406283482009-02-13T23:34:00.000-08:002009-02-13T23:34:00.000-08:00Four or five times! Zort! Poor you. We get three s...Four or five times! Zort! Poor you. We get three sticks and then we're outta there. A good nurse will call it quits at two and find the IV start expert in the unit.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, come to think of it, with my first no one could get the IV started and the one they did start infiltrated and my hand swelled up to the size of a football (seemingly).Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659575803257262306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34931930.post-62173732284715040252009-02-13T11:11:00.000-08:002009-02-13T11:11:00.000-08:00I had an IV while in labour with my first(35.5 hou...I had an IV while in labour with my first(35.5 hours later,ugh) and the Nurse had a hell of a time putting it in. I think she tried four or five times before she was successful. She'd been nursing for some time too so hey,it happens to everyone at one time or another.Mz.Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076492651932041448noreply@blogger.com