IV Team Reflection

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Description: For this journal entry, I want to focus on the observation experience I completed with IV team last Monday. For my observation specifically, I caught up with a member of the IV team later than most of the other students. The reasoning behind this revolved around the members of the IV team the day I did my observation. The other students in the group have worked with the same members of the IV team, however both members who the students had worked with were not scheduled to work this particular day. I noticed Jordan, the IV team member who I ended up working with for the day, come onto the floor and spend an extensive amount of time at the computer while looking over a rolodex. After some confusion and waiting around a little bit, …show more content…
I personally have never thought of working on a team such as IV team: I have always seen myself working on a unit with patients in a hospital, providing bed side care and getting to know every patient as well as I can. However, after working with the IV team I have found a love for working on a team where it is run by nurses and there is so much freedom for the members of the team. Throughout the day, I would ask Jordan questions about her position and how she liked her job, which is something I expected myself not to do because I had no interest in working on a team, such as the IV team, before the observation began. After this observation, I would love to work with IV therapy again. I will admit I did miss some of the more patient=centered bed side care, however I saw so many different patients throughout the day that I feel as though I was still able to connect and care for …show more content…
From this observation with the IV team, I was able to observe how a nurse can utilize different techniques not only to help with the insertion of IVs, but how to organize and prioritize certain tasks throughout a shift. Not only that, but I know now tips and tricks to utilize when taking care of patients with IVs. I realized I do have some knowledge on IV therapy, however I only know the basics and need to research more into IV therapy. I have plans over break to learn more about the various IVs a patient can receive, as well as finding out other tips and tricks to use on patients that could have very valved veins or very small
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