Category: Non-Research (Evidence Based Practice or Quality Improvement)

Ultrasound Guided IV Placement in an Ambulatory Surgery Center

Principal Investigator(s)

Kelsey Wood

Univerisity Of Iowa College of Nursing DNP Program in Nurse Anesthesia
Iowa City, IA

Teaching preoperative nurses to place IVs with ultrasound in difficult IV patients improved patient satisfaction, and decreased: IV placement by anesthesia, case delays, and case cancellations.