What is it about?
This article informs the reader of why veins may be difficult to locate, the impact on the patient and practitioner. It discusses possible aids to assist the practitioner locate difficult veins and discusses the importance of the Vessel Health and Preservation Framework in assisting practitioners locate and preserve veins.
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Why is it important?
It is vital that practitioners have the mind set to assess the right vein right vascular access device at the right time to preserve veins. By reading this article the practitioner has an awareness of aids to vein location and the Vessel Health and Preservation Framework to enable development and change in practices related to vascular access.
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My motivation for writing this article was to increase awareness of how vein location and vascular access is developing. To provide practitioners with the information to motivate them to research what products and practices are available that may suit their patient group. To promote the idea of vein preservation and that practitioners need a tool box of aids, advice and vascular access devices to assist with improving vascular access, patient experience and timely completion of IV therapy.
Miss Sally Shaw
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This page is a summary of: Locating difficult veins for venepuncture and cannulation, Nursing Standard, February 2017, RCNi,
DOI: 10.7748/ns.2017.e10778.
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