Episode 335: Ultrasound-Guided IV Placement in the Oncology Setting

“Much like many experienced oncology nurses, I learned how to do IVs with palpation. I got really good at it. And so I thought, there’s no way I need this ultrasound. But we know now that our patients are sicker. There are more DIVA patients, or difficult IV access patients. We’ve got to put the patient first, and we’ve got to use the best technology. So I’ve really come full circle with my thinking. In fact, now it’s like driving a car without a seatbelt,” MiKaela Olsen, DNP, APRN-CNS, AOCNS^®, FAAN, clinical program director of oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Health System told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BS, AOCNS^®, manager of oncology nursing practice at ONS, during a conversation about ultrasound-guided IV placement.

Music Credit: “Fireflies and Stardust” by Kevin MacLeod

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Learning outcome: The learner will report an increase in knowledge related to ultrasound-guided peripheral IV placement in the oncology setting.

Episode Notes 

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• Oncology Nursing Podcast™ episodes: Episode 127: Reduce and Manage Extravasation When Administering Antineoplastic Agents
• ONS Voice articles:
  • Access Devices and Central Lines: New Evidence and Innovations Are Changing Practice, but Individual Patient Needs Always Come First
  • Standardizing Venous Access Assessment and Validating Safe Chemo Administration Drastically Lowers Rates of Adverse Venous Events
• ONS book: Access Device Guidelines: Recommendations for Nursing Practice and Education (Fourth Edition)
• ONS courses:
  • Complications of Vascular Access Devices (VAD) and Intravenous (IV) Therapy
  • Vascular Access Devices
• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Standardized Venous Access Assessment and Safe Chemotherapy Administration to Reduce Adverse Venous Events
• StatPearls Video: Forearm Anatomy Review and Ultrasound Probing
• Infusion Nurses Society: Infusion Therapy St