Decreasing the Trauma of IV Sticks – for Patients and Nurses
In my clinical days, I was adept at IV sticks. I had a lot of experience from my days in the ER, but especially from working as a chemotherapy nurse, where I had patients with fragile and damaged veins. I learned every trick to coax a vein to appear and which gauge needle would work
Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, FAAN, editor-in-chief (emerita)
