PIV
Power Hour Breakout
C4 — Identifying the Gaps in Peripheral Intravenous Education Delivered in Colleges/schools of Nursing and Healthcare Institutions
Saturday, September 15
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Location: C170
Presentation CE Credits: 1
Upon admission to a hospital, 90% of patients receive intravenous therapy with 98% of the therapy delivered via PIVs. Unfortunately, initial placement of PIVs is only 57% successful with an average of two attempts required. Research demonstrates that initial placement success climbs to 95% among vascular access nurses with specific training related to assessment, placement, maintenance and removal. Further, it is well known that PIV placement is one of the top three skills graduate nurses are uncomfortable performing (Wenger, 2015). Another study by Clay and colleagues (2017) demonstrated that less than 10% of medical and nursing students could identify a PIV needing replacement. Our research turned in over 740 responses from nursing school instructors and hospital educators to help us understand the current state of nursing education regarding peripheral intravenous access (PIV) in order to create a toolkit that would enhance education for both nursing programs and healthcare institutions alike.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the steps taken to learn and understand how PIV education is conducted today in nursing schools within Canada and the United States
- Understand the found challenges of PIV education in todays schools and healthcare facilities
- Describe the steps to create a standardized PIV curriculum and the challenges met
