The Art and Science of Teaching
Did you know that as nurses we perform over 300 million peripheral IV's in America every year? This is a lot of IV starts especially if you think about how many people exist in America. That is nearly one IV for every American. How do nurses learn to perform IV Therapy ? New graduates nurses get little to no hands on training or exposure to IV Therapy in nursing school and thus makes them ill-prepared once they get onto the floor. There is a lot of controversy over how to teach student nurses on the Art and Science of inserting an intravenous catheter. There have been studies that have proven that computer-based training produces a more successful outcome versus the traditional hands on training of peer-to-peer groups or the use of mannequin arms. The Infusion Nurses Standards of Practice also discourages the use of peer-to-peer practice as well. The problem with this issue is that the computer based programs can cost up to $12,000 and not every bus...