Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Hi Tobi Actually they should ask you if it is OKAY to use a student nurse. Yes of course you can say no. You can refuse any personnel in the hospital at any time. You can request that the anesthatist start your IV. Also if your IV hurts it should be taken out immediately. Don't let them fiddle with it just tell them that you know that if an IV hurts it isn't any good. You are a customer not a prisoner when you are in a hospital. Kaylene >Speaking of which, Can you refuse to have a student work on you? Last >surgery I had a student anesthesia nurse started my IV poorly. You can >still see the damage from the IV 2 years later. I don't want to be >rude and everybody does have to lear on somebody. Just that I don't >like being in the OR and having the doctor say, " why isn't this IV >dripping properly? " The catheter was against a valve in the vein. >they made me position my arm so the IV could run which meant that I >couldn't move that arm. I would rather not repeat that process. > >I hope everyone is having as pain free a day as possible. > >Tobi > > _________________________________________________________________ Find great local high-speed Internet access value at the MSN High-Speed Marketplace. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Tobi: This is very true. Your vein can blow and the fluid isn't going in the vein anymore. I think it is called infiltrate when the vein blows while you have the IV in. Mine has done that once and so has my daughter's IV when she was small. They had to change sides because her arm was too puffy to risk another IV in the same arm. Kathleen is so right when she says if it hurts it isn't any good. I'm sure Kathleen has had enough of them to know. I know I certainly have. The only time an IV will or should hurt is if they to a IV push of Rocefin (unsure of the spelling. i've been out of the MT field too long). Rocefin is always injected with a pain killer of sorts mixed with it for that very reason. It is a very painful but beneficial antibiotic which isn't used often but in dire causes it is used. My little one had a terrible UTI and sinus infection when she was only about 2 years old. I went with the injection rather than the IV with the IV push because I knew she would never sit still for an IV. She got one shot each of the Rocefen in each hip/thigh area then had to go back the next day for two more shots of the same medicine. She was so pitiful at home. Her little legs were too sore to go after a toy but we had to get her up and moving because of the medication. Sam ****************************************************** Original snip: Don't let them fiddle with it just tell them that you know that if an IV hurts it isn't any good. You are a customer not a prisoner when you are in a hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 : Infiltrate is right. I was on IVs for half of my pregnancy. I had it happen once or twice during that time. It was such fun. They always look at me like I couldn't possibly know what I was talking about when I complain about an IV. I was really mad that time. I'm going to warn my ortho that I'm going to be really cranky if they goof up my IV again. He's good about looking out for me. THe best IVs I've had put in were when they didn't get it started before hand and the anesthesiologist put it in himself. Hopefully, my veins will hold still and I will get the IV started on the first try this time. My surgery is set for the 18th and barring anything going wrong it'll get done then. I hope it will fix my knee for at least awhile. Tobi > This is very true. Your vein can blow and the fluid isn't going in > the vein > anymore. I think it is called infiltrate when the vein blows while > you have > the IV in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Hi group, There are many teaching hospitals across the country. When you are admitted to these hospitals there are many papers to sign and normally (at least it used to be this way) you sign a paper to allow the teaching staff to see you. At that time you can refuse. There are also some of these teaching hospitals that will not let you refuse! They claim when you enter into their hospital you are basically signing yourself over to them! I've been in both types of hospitals over the years. Check out your hospitals protocol before you are admitted. Kathleen in Calif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Thank you so much for verifying that. I have been out of the MT world for so long and my memory isn't what it used to be. Lupus has really ruined that for me. My oldest daughter had an IV infiltrate one time when she was in the hospital. The nurse was great though and caught it early. I had put on her records that there was a family history of bad veins on my side of the family. After getting blood draws and IVs ran, we all look like someone has beaten us to death on our arms. <grin> From the bruising of course. Sam ************************************************* Infiltrated IV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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